Looking for a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day in your time zone – meaning some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you want a Friday puzzle instead and click here: NYT Strands Hints and Answers for Friday, January 30 (game #698).
Strands is the latest NYT word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s a lot of fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my tips for Strands.
SPOILER ALERT: Information about today’s NYT Strands is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #699) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… It’s part of the game
NYT Strands today (match #699) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these names to unlock the in-game hint system.
- The RACK
- It’s broken
- VOTES
- LOVE
- BE
- SIMPLE
NYT Strands today (match #699) – tip #3 – spangram characters
How many characters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 characters
NYT Strands today (match #699) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board are affected by today’s spangram?
First side: left, 5th row
The last part: right, row 5
Of course, the answers are below, so DO NOT CONTINUE IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEMSELVES.
NYT Strands today (match #699) – answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #699, are…
- THE FOUNDATION
- A BUCKET
- PAPER
- FOOT
- HE HAS BEEN KILLED
- RACQUET
- VOLLEY
- SPANGRAM: HAVEABALL
- My rating: It’s easy
- My score: It’s complete
Sometimes I wonder if we should have three separate summer Olympics. One for track events, one for football games and one for all things proper indeed be in the olympics – horse dancing, gymnastics, poodle shearing. To be fair, that last one ended after Paris 1900, although I would argue that it is a bigger sport than synchronized swimming.
Anyway, I’m going out. Today we’ve been searching for games with the word SOCCER in their title, including the greatest sport in the world… VOLLEYBALL. Especially the one you play with a balloon at a party when you’re seven years old. I miss those days.
Once the theme established itself it was clear that this was a straightforward search, although in every ball game the PICKLE was a, erm, curveball.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Friday, January 30, match #698)
- LANDMARK
- BEACON
- COMPASS
- ATLAS
- SEXTANT
- STAR
- SPANGRAM: FINDYOURWAY
What are the NYT Strands?
Strands is the less popular NYT word game, the successor to Wordle and Connections. It is now a full member of the year-old NYT Games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a full guide on how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips to solve it, so check it out if you’re struggling to beat it day by day.
