Are you looking for a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone, which means some people are always playing “today’s game” while others play “yesterday’s.” If instead you are looking for the Friday puzzle then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Friday, January 30 (Game #698).
Strands is the latest NYT word game after Wordle, Spelling Bee, and Connections, and it’s a lot of fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands suggestions.
SPOILER WARNING: Today’s NYT Strands info is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (set #699) – track #1 – today’s topic
What’s the topic of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands topic is… It’s part of the game
NYT Strands Today (Game #699) – Clue #2 – Keywords
Play any of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- SHELF
- LOT
- VOTES
- LOVE
- HAVE
- CLEAR
NYT Strands today (set #699) – track #3 – spangram lyrics
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters.
NYT Strands today (game #699) – clue #4 – position spangram
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, fifth row
Last side: right, fifth row
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #699): The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands game number 699 are…
- BASE
- BASKET
- PALLETTE
- FOOT
- PICKLE
- RACKET
- VOLLEY
- SPANGRAM: HAVEABALL
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I have sometimes wondered if we should hold three different Summer Olympics. One for athletic events, one for ball games, and one for everything else that should In fact Being in the Olympics: horse dancing, gymnastics, poodle cutting. To be fair, the latter ended after Paris 1900, although I would argue that it is more of a sport than synchronized swimming.
Anyway, I digress. Today we were looking for games unified by the word BALL in their title, including the greatest sport in the world… VOLLEYBALL. Specifically the one where you play with a balloon at a party when you are seven years old. I miss those days.
Once the topic became obvious, this was a fairly straightforward pursuit, although of all the ball sports, PICKLE was, erm, a curveball.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Strands (Friday, January 30, game #698)
- BRAND
- LIGHTHOUSE
- COMPASS
- ATLAS
- SEXTANT
- STAR
- SPANGRAM: FIND YOUR WAY
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new word game, after Wordle and Connections. It is now a full member of the NYT Games group that has been running for a year and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a complete guide on how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check it out if you’re struggling to beat it every day.
