A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, October 25 (game #966).
Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #967) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Please, be my guest!
NYT Strands today (game #967) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- POSH
- VITALITY
- HONEST
- COVE
- VINE
- THERE
NYT Strands today (game #967) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #967) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
• First side: top, 4th column
• Last side: bottom, 1st column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #967) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #967, are…
- WELCOME
- HOST
- MEET
- INVITE
- RECEIVE
- ENTERTAIN
- SPANGRAM: HOSPITALITY
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
My head was absolutely not in the game (as they used to say in High School Musical) today.
I say this just in case I have made an easy game far more difficult than it was. I think I lost heart after thinking I’d found a spangram with welcomehome, and getting really disappointed when WELCOME was just a regular game word.
Even with this vital piece of information about the type of words we were looking for (my first thought when I saw today’s theme was the song Be Our Guest from Beauty and the Beast) I still needed a hint to kick me onwards.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Sunday, October 25, game #966)
- SCAFFOLDING
- FRAMEWORK
- STRUCTURE
- SKELETON
- SPANGRAM: FOUNDATIONS
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT's not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I've got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.