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 Saturday puzzle then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Saturday, July 4 (Game #853).
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 (Game #854) – Track #1 – Today’s Topic
What’s the topic of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands topic is… Barking up the right tree
NYT Strands Today (Game #854) – Clue #2 – Keywords
Play any of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- POLITE
- ELF
- LIVER
- HUNGER
- DYE
- SPEEDING
NYT Strands today (set #854) – track #3 – spangram lyrics
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 13 letters.
NYT Strands today (game #854) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
• First side: below, 1st column
• Last side: above, sixth column
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #854): The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands game #854 are…
- POINTER
- SPANIEL
- TERRIER
- HOUND
- RECEIVER
- SPANGRAM: RACE HUNTING
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
My immediate thought was that the topic had to have something to do with dogs, but I was careful, of course, to fall into a trap and bark up the wrong tree.
After spotting POINTER, it seemed clear that we were looking for dog breeds, but my dog knowledge wasn’t good enough to know we were looking for HUNTING BREEDS until I plugged in SPANIEL and TERRIER and then the spangram.
Beyond the game itself, there was also an interesting crop of non-game long words. It’s rare to find many with more than five letters, but today the board was full of them.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Strands (Saturday, July 4, game #853)
- BRIGHT
- COLORFUL
- DAZZLING
- EXCITING
- SPARKLING
- SPANGRAM: FIREWORKS
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.
