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Strands is the latest NYT word game after the likes WordleSpelling Bee and Connections – and it’s a lot of fun. It can be tricky, though, so read on for my Strands suggestions.
Want more word-based fun? So check out mine NYT Connections today and Quora today pages for suggestions and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Today’s NYT Strands information is below, so don’t read if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #315) – tip #1 – today’s topic
What is the topic of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands topic is… Wait what?
NYT Strands today (game #315) – tip #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- BALE
- RAIL
- SOLID
- BOOM
- NUTS
- BEAR
NYT Strands today (game #315) – tip #3 – spangram
What’s a tip for today’s spangram?
• Confused
NYT Strands today (game #315) – tip #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the table touching today’s spangram?
First side: top, 4th column
Last side: bottom, 3rd column
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE IT.
NYT Strands today (game #315) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #315, are…
- STUN
- STONES
- GOBSMACK
- SURPRISE
- FLABBERGAST
- SPANGRAM: MINDBOWN
- My rating: Easy going
- My score: Perfect
There are a couple of brilliant words in today’s Strands that feel like they belong in 1950s kid’s comics and haven’t been heard much since – GOBSMACK and FLABBERGAST.
I was pleased – though not particularly stoked – to learn that Flabbergast originated in Sussex, which is the English county where I was born, although I’m not sure why that particular area popularized a word which originally meant “shocked tubby person”.
Gobsmack is also interesting and again it started as a portmanteau of two slang words – Gob (for mouth, coined in Ireland in the 16th century) and Smack, which describes the sound of a flat hand hitting something – thus hitting the mouth in shock. Something I immediately imagine Stan Laurel doing.
Meanwhile, today’s big SURPRISE was that I completed Strands again without any hints.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Saturday, January 11, Game #314)
- ALBA
- twilight
- noon
- EVENING
- MORNING
- DAYBREAK
- TWILIGHT
- SPANGRAM: TIME
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s newest word game, following Wordle and Connections. It is now out of beta, so it is a full member of the NYT games stable and can be played on the The NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a complete guide for hhow to play NYT Strands, complete with tips to solve it, so check if you’re struggling to beat it every day.
