NYT Strands Today – Hints, Answers and Spangram for Friday, November 8 (Game #250)
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 #250) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… 👋👏🤝🤏✌️☝️✊🙏
NYT Strands Today (Game #250) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
NYT Strands today (game #250) – hint #3 – spangram
What’s a hint for today’s spangram?
• Finger talk
NYT Strands Today (Game #250) – 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, 6th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #250) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #250, are…
- SHAKE
- GOLF
- Slap
- TO PRAY
- KNEEP
- FIST
- POINT
- PEACE
- SPANGRAM: HAND GESTURES
- My rating: Easy (but pointless)
- My score: Perfect
It seems like a shame that the NYT didn’t highlight the 250th Strands game with a better, more interesting puzzle than this one, but here we are. Today’s game is essentially a case of ‘Say what you see’. All eight standard answers are shown in emoji form, with only the spangram itself being fleshable. So you get the functions POINT, PRAY, WAVE and CLAP, plus the spangram HANDGESTURES to describe them all. The only slightly difficult answer was PINCH, a rare ‘crossover’ answer, where the letters formed a knot. In fact, it was all a bit of a shame, with no brain power required.
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Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Thursday, November 7, Game #249)
- TWEET
- AFTER
- PART
- LIKE IT
- TO FOLLOW
- REMARK
- REPORT
- SPANGRAM: SOCIALMEDIA
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.
