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 Tuesday puzzle then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Tuesday, July 14 (Game #863).
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 #864) – track #1 – today’s topic
What’s the topic of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands topic is… Rose-colored glasses
NYT Strands Today (Game #864) – Clue #2 – Keywords
Play any of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- ABANDON
- MARKET
- MAJOR
- PLACE
- PLINTH
- RELICS
NYT Strands today (set #864) – track #3 – spangram lyrics
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters.
NYT Strands today (game #864) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
• First side: below, third column
• Last side: above, fourth column
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #864): The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands game #864 are…
- QUIXOTIC
- IDEALISTIC
- ROMANTIC
- IMPRACTICAL
- SPANGRAM: PIEINTHESKY
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 track
Only four long words made up today’s game, but that didn’t make the search any easier.
I’m most familiar with a slight variation on today’s theme: rose-tinted glasses, which I took to mean looking favorably on something you’re predisposed toward (like the luck of your team). But the words here leaned more towards fanaticism.
Regardless of the interpretation, I needed a clue to move forward and was rewarded with QUIXOTIC, a word I wouldn’t have seen otherwise. From here I found the other two words with an TIC ending, before the spangram helped me locate IMPRACTICAL.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Tuesday, July 14, Game #863)
- CHAIR
- ROCKER
- POUF
- OTTOMAN
- RECLINING
- THRONE
- SPANGRAM: TAKE A SEAT
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.
