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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, June 18 (game #472).
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 #473) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Life is a highway
NYT Strands today (game #473) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- MOLE
- ROLE
- MORAL
- SCENE
- COAT
- HOOT
NYT Strands today (game #473) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 8 letters
NYT Strands today (game #473) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 4th column
Last side: top, 3rd column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #473) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #473, are…
- SCENERY
- GAMES
- PLAYLIST
- MOTEL
- PHOTOS
- AUDIOBOOK
- SPANGRAM: ROAD TRIP
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
The theme clue rather gave this one away, so it wasn't a particularly tough strands to complete, but it did make me think about planning my own next ROAD TRIP.
I do love a nice road trip, although the ones you do in the UK are not really on a par with those in the US, given that you could drive from the far north to the far south in a day, albeit a long one. In the States, of course, you could drive for a week and not get across the country (unless you didn't stop to sleep).
All the more reason why you might need a good PLAYLIST, plenty of AUDIOBOOKs, some GAMES for the kids in the back and lots of breaks to take PHOTOS of the SCENERY.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Wednesday, June 18, game #472)
- BLUE
- GLOOMY
- TEARY
- DOLEFUL
- WOEBEGONE
- MELANCHOLY
- SPANGRAM: SADNESS
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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