NYT Strands Today – Hints, Answers and Spangram for Sunday, November 10 (Game #252)
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 #252) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Fits nicely
NYT Strands Today (Game #252) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- TO
- HILL
- BILL
- DUST
- THERE
- GOOD
NYT Strands today (game #252) – hint #3 – spangram
What’s a hint for today’s spangram?
• Fits the bill
NYT Strands Today (Game #252) – Hint #4 – Spangram Position
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram comes into contact with?
First: left, 5th row
Last: right, 4th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #252) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #252, are…
- JUMP
- CIVIL
- STRONG
- COMPANY
- BIRTHDAY
- SPARE TIME
- SPANGRAM: SUITABLE
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 2 tips
I find myself disagreeing with the NYT’s choice of themes quite often. This is possibly unfair, because as I know from experience, it can be very difficult to come up with a clue that is useful without giving away the game. But even keeping that in mind, the ‘Nice fit’ choice here seems somewhat misleading. After all, ‘Nice fit’ works fine for the spangram, WELLSUITED, and for some contemporary answers – for example LEISURE and JUMP. But it doesn’t work at all for CIVIL or BIRTHDAY; These are types of suits, yes, but they don’t fit ‘nicely’ in any way. STRONG can be: if something is your strongest point, then it suits you well. But especially CIVIL… no, another clue was needed here.
That put me on the wrong track here, and it took me two hints to determine that yes, all the answers were kind of kind. Once I knew it was pretty easy to find the others. And maybe that’s why it’s for the best that the hint threw me off – because without it I probably would have had another perfect game, and that gets boring after a while…
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Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Saturday, November 9, Game #251)
- Blur
- OASIS
- SIDEWALK
- TOOL
- NIRVANA
- SUBLIME
- SPANGRAM: NINETIES BANDS
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.
