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 Saturday puzzle then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Saturday, October 11 (Game #587).
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 #588) – track #1 – today’s topic
What’s the topic of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands topic is… Follow the example
NYT Strands Today (Game #588) – Clue #2 – Keywords
Play any of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- DIET
- CUT
- TAKING
- CREST
- WHITE
- BRICK
NYT Strands today (set #588) – track #3 – spangram lyrics
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters.
NYT Strands today (game #588) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th row
Last side: right, 5th row
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #588): The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands game #588 are…
- SPADES
- CUPS
- WHIST
- BRIDGE
- PINOCLEUS
- EUCHRE
- SPANGRAM: TRICKS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 tracks
This game played a real trick on me, which is ironic considering the spangram.
I started out thinking that “following the suit” must mean suits of cards and after getting SPADES and HEARTS I easily started looking for diamonds, clubs and a wild card. After finding none of this, I decided to follow a clue of the non-game words I saw, which gave me WHIST.
The spangram and BRIDGE were easy to spot, but the last two card games really confused me. Another clue helped me narrow things down, something I needed since I had never played either PINOCHLE or EUCHRE.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Strands (Saturday, October 11, game #587)
- PEACOCK
- ARCHES
- APPLE
- DIANA
- SHELL
- WHISTLE
- SPANGRAM: ICONICLOGOS
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.
