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 Sunday puzzle then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Sunday, June 28 (Game #847).
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.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections Today and Quordle Today pages for tips and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle Today page for the original viral word game.
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 #848) – track #1 – today’s topic
What’s the topic of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands topic is… The Mark of a Good Composer
NYT Strands Today (Game #848) – Clue #2 – Keywords
Play any of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- CRAB
- TRAM
- BALD
- FELON
- ARAB
- CRANK
NYT Strands today (set #848) – track #3 – spangram lyrics
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters.
NYT Strands today (game #848) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, fifth row
Last side: right, sixth row
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #848): The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands game #848 are…
- CLEFT
- REST
- NOTE
- MEDIUM
- EXTENT
- ACCIDENTAL
- SPANGRAM: MUSICAL PERSONNEL
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 track
At first the topic was confusing: were we looking for composers like Mozart? – and even detecting the MUSICSTAFF spangram made no difference.
Music staff? Is that a fancy way to describe an orchestra?
However, after one clue, I realized that we were looking for words associated with the composer’s craft of writing music.
That said, ACCIDENTAL was new to me, as I didn’t know it was a musical term and it took me a long time to understand it: it is a symbol placed immediately before a note that alters its pitch, temporarily raising or lowering it.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Strands (Sunday, June 28, Game #847)
- PARADE
- RAINBOW
- DRAG
- MEETING
- FLAGS
- CELEBRATION
- SPANGRAM: PRIDE MONTH
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.
