Looking for a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, October 28 (game #604).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #605) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… “Nevermore!”
NYT Strands today (game #605) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
NYT Strands today (game #605) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters
NYT Strands today (game #605) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 6th row
Last side: right, 6th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #605) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #605, are…
- FEATHERED
- BLACK
- WINGED
- CLEVER
- OMNIVEROUS
- SPANGRAM: THATSSORAVEN
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 3 hints
When the theme goes completely over your head Strands can be so difficult/impossible.
I’ve never felt closer to giving up than I did in this game, but fortunately it was easy to spot dozens of non-game words – most of which you could add the letters E-R to in order to get another non-game word.
Even with all these hints I still struggled, especially over the spangram.
Some post-game googling revealed that the spangram is the title of a Disney TV show and the “Nevermore!” theme is a riff on the Alan Edgar Poe poem The Raven, but if I’m honest I’m still puzzled. Completed it, though.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, October 28, game #604)
- ERASER
- REFILL
- GRAPHITE
- CEDARWOOD
- SHARPENER
- SPANGRAM: PENCILMEIN
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
