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 Friday puzzle then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Friday, January 16 (Game #684).
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.
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 #685) – track #1 – today’s topic
What’s the topic of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands topic is… That’s putting it mildly!
NYT Strands Today (Game #685) – Clue #2 – Keywords
Play any of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- tarn
- PONY
- RATE
- PHASE
- Dismissed
- CAKE
NYT Strands today (set #685) – track #3 – spangram lyrics
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters.
NYT Strands today (game #685) – clue #4 – position spangram
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: below, 1st 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 #685): The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands game number 685 are…
- DRAT
- CURSES
- VIOLIN STICKS
- TARNATION
- PHOOEY
- SPANGRAM: FAILED AGAIN
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I love polite bad words. If you hear someone curse “fudge” or “sugar”, first of all it’s very funny, but secondly it’s also useless because everyone knows what you’re really trying to say.
Maybe a better option is to think of something a little more creative, like calling someone the son of an anteater or yelling peanuts at them when they accidentally get hurt. There’s a brilliant story that a British journalist named Jon Ronson wrote about how his son asked him what the worst swear word in the world was, and he randomly responded “limone”; It worked, for a while, until one day he came home from school and called his father a very, very rude word for lying to him.
Anyway, I digress. A great and fun quest that luckily I didn’t get FAILED AGAIN.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Strands (Friday, January 16, game #684)
- JOKER
- ROBIN
- CAPE
- LORDSHIP
- JUSTICE
- PENGUIN
- REVENGE
- SPANGRAM: BATMAN
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.
