NYT Strands Today – Hints, Answers and Spangram for Monday, November 18 (Game #260)
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 #260) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Looking for Air
NYT Strands Today (Game #260) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
NYT Strands Today (game #260) – hint #3 – spangram
What’s a hint for today’s spangram?
• Water beasts
NYT Strands Today (Game #260) – Hint #4 – Spangram Position
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram comes into contact with?
First: bottom, 6th column
Last: top, 1st column
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #260) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #260, are…
- ORCA
- DOLPHIN
- SEAL
- MANAT
- WALRUS
- NARWHAL
- SPANGRAM: SEA WORSHIP
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 tip
These MARINE MAMMALS are among my favorites of all animals. There’s something about DOLPHINS, WALRUS and SEALS that’s so appealing, and as for the slightly creepy but fascinating NARWHAL and MANATEE… they’re just amazing, aren’t they? I was surprised WHALE wasn’t there, but otherwise all the big stars of the marine mammal world were here.
However, these Strands were tricky to complete because several words are spelled unusually. In fact, I used a hint for the first word, and when I got C, O, R, and A, it took me several minutes to put that together in ORCA! I finally got there, as I suspect most people will, because there are only so many possible answers here; it was difficult to get started, but at least it doesn’t require a lot of specialist knowledge.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Sunday, November 17, Game #259)
- TOWER
- CASTLE
- BRIDGE
- FORT
- PALACE
- MONUMENT
- BOW
- SPANGRAM: Landmarks
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.
