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, October 12 (Game #588).
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 #589) – track #1 – today’s topic
What’s the topic of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands topic is… Bring Binoculars
NYT Strands Today (Game #589) – Clue #2 – Keywords
Play any of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- NOTION
- TARE
- SWIM
- WASH
- BOAST
- CUBE
NYT Strands today (set #589) – track #3 – spangram lyrics
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 14 letters.
NYT Strands today (game #589) – clue #4 – position spangram
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, sixth column
Last side: bottom, 1st column
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #589): The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands game #589 are…
- FINCH
- HAWK
- GOOSE
- DUCK
- WARBLER
- WREN
- THRUSH
- SPANGRAM: FALLMIGRATION
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
“Bringing binoculars” at first seemed like a real mystery. Binoculars are the sort of thing people would take on whale-watching boat trips or if they were spies, but I couldn’t think of any occasion that was worthy of a Strands collection.
Then I found FINCH and HAWK on the board, and realized the topic was related to bird watching, or specifically, according to the extra-long spangram, to watching the FALL MIGRATION.
Despite including some short bird names, aside from the tricky WARBLER, this was not an easy game and took me longer than usual to complete.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Strands (Sunday, October 12, game #588)
- SPADES
- CUPS
- WHIST
- BRIDGE
- PINOCLEUS
- EUCHRE
- SPANGRAM: TRICKS
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 get through it every day.
