Want a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you are looking for the Friday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Friday, January 16 (Game #684).
Strands is the latest pun from The New York Times after Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s a lot of fun. It can be difficult, though, so keep reading my Strands tips.
SPOILER WARNING: The information on today’s NYT Strands is below, so don’t continue reading if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #685) – clue #1 – theme of the day
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• The theme of today’s NYT Strands is… That’s an understatement!
NYT Strands today (game #685) – clue #2 – clue words
Play one of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- TARN
- PONY
- RATE
- PHASE
- LICENSEE
- CAKE
NYT Strands today (game #685) – clue #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #685) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the picture that today’s spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 1st column
Last side: top, 4th column
That’s right, 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 #685, are…
- DRAT
- CURSES
- Violins
- TARNATION
- PHOOEY
- SPANGRAM: FOILEDENCORE
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
I love polite swearing. If you hear someone swear “fudge” or “sugar”, it is firstly very funny, but secondly also pointless because everyone knows what you are really trying to say.
Perhaps a better option would be to come up with something a little more creative, like calling someone the son of an aardvark or shouting peanuts when you accidentally hurt yourself. There’s a brilliant story that a British journalist called Jon Ronson wrote about his son who asked him what the worst swear word in the world was, and he randomly answered “limone” – it worked, for a while, until one day he came home from school and called his father a very, very dirty word for lying to him.
Anyway, I digress. A great and fun search in which, fortunately, I was not foiled.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Friday, January 16, Game #684)
- JOKER
- ROBIN
- CAP
- MANOR
- JUSTICE
- PENGUIN
- REVENGE
- SPANGRAM: BATMAN
What are NYT Strands?
Strands is the not-so-new pun from The New York Times, after Wordle and Connections. It’s now a full member of the year-old NYT games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a complete guide on how to play NYT Strands, with tips for solving it, so check it out if you’re struggling to beat it every day.
