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, November 2 (game #974).
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 #975) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… I’ve got a song in my heart
NYT Strands today (game #975) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- CLAD
- CLOT
- TAILOR
- VITAL
- STOUT
- BEST
NYT Strands today (game #975) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #975) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
• First side: left, 3rd row
• Last side: right, 6th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #975) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #975, are…
- SINGER
- CROONER
- CHORISTER
- VOCALIST
- BALLADEER
- SPANGRAM: BELTITOUT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
SINGER seems the most obvious word to feature in the theme “I’ve got a song in my heart”, but embarrassingly I needed a hint to find it.
From here on in, I managed without help — although it did take me several attempts to tap out CHORISTER after finding the next most obvious word, CROONER.
Meanwhile, I have issues with the spangram BELTITOUT, as it’s terrible advice to those who can sing and encourages those who can’t that all that is required is the conviction that you can. My uncle Roger was one of these people and possibly the only person who has been banned from a pub for singing too loudly, something you’d think a pub would be used to.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Monday, November 2, game #974)
- CLIFF
- SNOW
- GLACIER
- PEAK
- RIDGE
- SADDLE
- SUMMIT
- SPANGRAM: MOUNTAINTOP
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.