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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, July 14 (game #498).
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.
[HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #499) - hint #1 - today’s theme[/HEADING]
[HEADING=2]What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?[/HEADING]
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Come one, come all!
[HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #499) - hint #2 - clue words[/HEADING]
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
[ul]
[li]DRONE[/li][li]SEEN[/li][li]FUSS[/li][li]VOTE[/li][li]VOICES[/li][li]STUN[/li][/ul]
[HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #499) - hint #3 - spangram letters[/HEADING]
[HEADING=2]How many letters are in today’s spangram?[/HEADING]
• Spangram has 11 letters
[HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #499) - hint #4 - spangram position[/HEADING]
[HEADING=2]What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?[/HEADING]
First side: top, 3rd column
Last side: bottom, 4th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
[HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #499) - the answers[/HEADING]
[IMG alt=“NYT Strands answers for game 499 on a blue background”]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/M7...rE6pdhrejQ.jpg
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today’s Strands, game #499, are…
[ul]
[li]GAMES[/li]MUSIC
[li]RIDES[/li][li]LIVESTOCK[/li][li]VENDORS[/li][li]PRIZES[/li][li]SPANGRAM: COUNTY FAIRS[/li][/ul]
[ul]
[li]My rating: Hard[/li][li]My score: 2 hints[/li][/ul]
The phrase “come one, come all” is not one I am familiar with at all. It sounds like the sort of thing people would whisper to each other in Handmaid’s Tale – but I can see how it would work as a rallying cry for COUNTY FAIRS.
Not knowing what I was looking for and finding only non-game words it took two hints before I started making headway – GAMES and MUSIC didn’t narrow things down, but RIDES confirmed that we were looking for some kind of fair.
Getting the top to bottom LIVESTOCK revealed the spangram and from here on I was virtually home. No PRIZES for me today, hope you deserve a rosette at least.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
[HEADING=2]Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Monday, July 14, game #498)[/HEADING]
[ul]
[li]TEACHER[/li][li]MAYOR[/li][li]JANITOR[/li][li]LIBRARIAN[/li][li]FIREFIGHTER[/li][li]SPANGRAM: COMMUNITY[/li][/ul]
[HEADING=2]What is NYT Strands?[/HEADING]
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.
Continue reading…
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, July 14 (game #498).
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.
[HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #499) - hint #1 - today’s theme[/HEADING]
[HEADING=2]What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?[/HEADING]
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Come one, come all!
[HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #499) - hint #2 - clue words[/HEADING]
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
[ul]
[li]DRONE[/li][li]SEEN[/li][li]FUSS[/li][li]VOTE[/li][li]VOICES[/li][li]STUN[/li][/ul]
[HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #499) - hint #3 - spangram letters[/HEADING]
[HEADING=2]How many letters are in today’s spangram?[/HEADING]
• Spangram has 11 letters
[HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #499) - hint #4 - spangram position[/HEADING]
[HEADING=2]What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?[/HEADING]
First side: top, 3rd column
Last side: bottom, 4th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
[HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #499) - the answers[/HEADING]
[IMG alt=“NYT Strands answers for game 499 on a blue background”]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/M7...rE6pdhrejQ.jpg
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today’s Strands, game #499, are…
[ul]
[li]GAMES[/li]MUSIC
[li]RIDES[/li][li]LIVESTOCK[/li][li]VENDORS[/li][li]PRIZES[/li][li]SPANGRAM: COUNTY FAIRS[/li][/ul]
[ul]
[li]My rating: Hard[/li][li]My score: 2 hints[/li][/ul]
The phrase “come one, come all” is not one I am familiar with at all. It sounds like the sort of thing people would whisper to each other in Handmaid’s Tale – but I can see how it would work as a rallying cry for COUNTY FAIRS.
Not knowing what I was looking for and finding only non-game words it took two hints before I started making headway – GAMES and MUSIC didn’t narrow things down, but RIDES confirmed that we were looking for some kind of fair.
Getting the top to bottom LIVESTOCK revealed the spangram and from here on I was virtually home. No PRIZES for me today, hope you deserve a rosette at least.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
[HEADING=2]Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Monday, July 14, game #498)[/HEADING]
[ul]
[li]TEACHER[/li][li]MAYOR[/li][li]JANITOR[/li][li]LIBRARIAN[/li][li]FIREFIGHTER[/li][li]SPANGRAM: COMMUNITY[/li][/ul]
[HEADING=2]What is NYT Strands?[/HEADING]
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.
Continue reading…