NYT Strands Today – Hints, Answers and Spangram for Sunday, November 24 (Game #266)
Strands is the NYT’s newest word game, following Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s a lot of fun. It can be difficult though, so read on for my Strands tips.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about today’s NYT Strands is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #266) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Start small
NYT Strands Today (Game #266) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- ROUGE
- VILLAIN
- CREW
- TO RIDE
- PIPER
- DIR
NYT Strands Today (game #266) – hint #3 – spangram
What’s a hint for today’s spangram?
• No problem
NYT Strands today (game #266) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram comes into contact with?
First: right, 4th row
Last: left, 4th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #266) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #266, are…
- DEVIL
- SPOON
- DIPPER
- WOMEN
- RASCALS
- FOOT
- COMPETITION
- STONE
- SPANGRAM: SMALL
- My rating: Difficult
- My score: Perfect
This is more like it! This is definitely the hardest Strands puzzle we’ve had in weeks, largely because the concept is much more abstract than some of the recent games with list items in a specific category.
Instead, this is similar to the ‘Blank word’ groups you regularly see in Connections, where these are all words that can go after LITTLE: LEAGUE, RASCALS, ROCK, DEVIL, WOMEN and so on. The only ones I don’t understand are SPOON and FOOT, but I assume they have some relevance to others and that’s just a lack of general knowledge on my part.
Anyway, I eventually solved it, but had to think about it for a while, and didn’t understand what the concept was until about halfway through; I kept finding words based on nothing more than looking for letters that often matched, and then using the limited options in some corners of the board to get more. It wasn’t until I got RASCALS that it became clear, which led me to the spangram and ultimately success. Good work, NYT.
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Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Saturday, November 23, Game #265)
- POP
- TOUR
- HIS
- CRASH
- CRUNCH
- RINGING
- KAPOW
- SPANGRAM: SOUND EFFECTS
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s new word game, after Wordle and Connections. It is now out of beta so is a full member of the NYT’s stable of games and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a full guide to playing NYT Strands, complete with troubleshooting tips, so give that a read if you’re struggling to beat it every day.
