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, July 19 (Game #868).
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 #869) – track #1 – today’s topic
What’s the topic of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands topic is… A little talk
NYT Strands Today (Game #869) – Clue #2 – Keywords
Play any of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- COIN
- SLOT
- METRO
- SMUT
- SUIT
- RANCID
NYT Strands today (set #869) – track #3 – spangram lyrics
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters.
NYT Strands today (game #869) – clue #4 – position spangram
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
• First side: left, fourth 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 #869): The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands game #869 are…
- TINY
- LITTLE
- MICROSCOPIC
- MINIATURE
- LOWER CASE
- SPANGRAM: ITSYBITSY
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Yesterday’s topic was “big talk” and today is “small talk.” I look forward to the mid-talk tomorrow.
Anyway, I digress. After the relatively easy points of TINY and LITTLE, they moved on to more specific descriptions of very small things, with MICROSCOPIC giving me a little tingle of enjoyment when connecting an 11 letter word.
After yesterday’s strange spangram of “supersizeit”, today I was expecting a snake with a similar description, so ITSYBITSY took me a while, despite how perfectly it fit the search. Either way, it’s a spangram that proves that the little things are more fun than the big things.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Strands (Sunday, July 19, game #868)
- GIANT
- MAMMOTH
- COLOSSUS
- GIANT
- LEVIATHAN
- SPANGRAM: SUPERSIZEIT
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.
