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 Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, September 25 (game #936).
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 #937) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… A breath of fresh air
NYT Strands today (game #937) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- CURE
- FEEL
- PREY
- BREW
- DICE
- SWIFT
NYT Strands today (game #937) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #937) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
• First side: top, 1st column
• Last side: bottom, 6th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #937) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #937, are…
- BREEZE
- ZEPHYR
- GUST
- WHIFF
- PUFF
- FLURRY
- CURRENT
- SPANGRAM: GENTLEWIND
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I began, as I’m sure most players did, by finding the words linked to the two letter Zs.
However, while BREEZE was a breeze, ZEPHYR was not something I would have got without the fact that its letters connected straight down.
ZEPHYR is, like all of today’s game words, a way of describing a GENTLEWIND — but prior to today its only appearance in my life was in The Zephyr Song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, which seemed to imply it was some kind of magical vehicle we could fly away on.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Friday, September 25, game #936)
- NINE
- TWENTYFIVE
- FOUR
- EIGHTYONE
- THIRTYSIX
- SPANGRAM: SQUARENUMBER
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.