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 you are instead looking for the Thursday puzzle then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Thursday, July 9 (Game #858).
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 #859) – track #1 – today’s topic
What’s the topic of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands topic is… I think…
NYT Strands Today (Game #859) – Clue #2 – Keywords
Play any of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- STAY
- HISTORY
- SNAKE
- LEEK
- TUNICA
- HATE
NYT Strands today (set #859) – track #3 – spangram lyrics
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters.
NYT Strands today (game #859) – clue #4 – position spangram
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
• First side: left, 1st 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 #859): The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands game number 859 are…
- BELIEVE
- HISTORY
- HURRY
- GOOD
- CHEERFUL
- LOVE
- SENSE
- SPANGRAM: WE CAN DO IT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
Is it possible to look at today’s topic and not say to yourself “…therefore I am”? Apparently it is, because the words that complete “I believe…” here were instead the more seemingly everyday “we can do it.”
Thinking I was missing some cultural reference point, I Googled all the words in today’s game, along with the spangram, and the AI result claimed that all the words appear in the 17th century Jacobite Irish love song. Mo Ghile Piss (My Gallant Hero). And there I was thinking it was by Ted Lasso or a Taylor Swift song I hadn’t heard of.
Despite my ignorance, I was able to navigate the game without using any hints.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Thursday, July 9, Game #858)
- STICK
- GLOW
- STAIN
- TRANSATLANTIC
- DYE
- BALM
- PLUM
- SPANGRAM: KISS AND MAKEUP
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.
