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, February 11 (game #710).
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 #711) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Sink or swim
NYT Strands today (game #711) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
GRATESLACKGIVETAKEPOSITCASTHIVE
NYT Strands today (game #711) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #711) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 3rd column
Last side: bottom, 5th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #711) – the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today’s Strands, game #711, are…
PIVOTALRISKYCRITICALDECISIVEIMPERATIVESPANGRAM: HIGHSTAKESMy rating: HardMy score: 1 hint
I’m sure people who spend their life going to marketing meetings are very familiar with the kind of high-achieving language in this game, but it floored me a bit. Usually with Strands once I get going with the search, momentum carries me forward and I work my way around the letters finding all the words.
Today was different. After spotting PIVOTAL and RISKY, I had a good idea what the theme meant but I still struggled to find any other words.
Fortunately, a hint gave me CRITICAL, which helped me see “stakes” and then “high” to form the HIGHSTAKES spangram.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Wednesday, February 11, game #710)
PECANFILBERTPISTACHIOALMONDCASHEWMACADAMIASPANGRAM: GONUTS
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.
Source: Latest from TechRadar US in Internet News
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