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 Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, June 16 (game #470).
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 #471) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Make it work
NYT Strands today (game #471) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- CUTE
- FIRE
- ANGEL
- COVEN
- TREE
- COURT
NYT Strands today (game #471) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NYT Strands today (game #471) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th row
Last side: right, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #471) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #471, are…
- FINAGLE
- FINESSE
- CONTRIVE
- ENGINEER
- NEGOTIATE
- SPANGRAM: FIGURE OUT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
This felt like a really tricky Strands, but also a hugely enjoyable one to unravel.
Unable to work out the kinds of words we were looking for, I found a handful of incorrect words as I searched for professions and ended up taking two hints. The words I was given, FINAGLE and FINESSE, seemed to be about changing and refining things, so I went in search of similar.
After weedling out CONTRIVE and the Spangram I was just about able to whittle my way to the end of the search and the satisfying emotion of completion.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Monday, June 16, game #470)
- ETUDE
- SUITE
- MINUET
- NOCTURNE
- SONATA
- PRELUDE
- SPANGRAM: PIANO PIECES
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.
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