NYT Strands Today – Hints, Answers and Spangram for Wednesday, November 13 (Game #255)
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 #255) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… We walk
NYT Strands Today (Game #255) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- LAST
- STORK
- KING
- BANG
- BONG
- TEAR
NYT Strands today (game #255) – hint #3 – spangram
What’s a hint for today’s spangram?
• Upright, okay
NYT Strands Today (Game #255) – 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, 2nd row
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #255) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #255, are…
- HUMAN
- GIBBON
- KANGAROO
- SHADOWS
- Meerkat
- OSTRICH
- SPANGRAM: TWO PEDAL
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
Top marks to the NYT puzzle makers for this edition of Strands, which offers just the right amount of challenge. No real specialist knowledge is required – a factor that always makes a Strands game more inclusive, and therefore better for more people – but it does take some thinking and probably a bit of luck to solve without hints.
The theme clue to ‘We’re walking’ was a bit cryptic, but when I saw HUMAN – prominently placed at the top of the grid – I had an idea of what was needed. However, I couldn’t find a second word until I focused on the two B’s at the bottom right of the board and got GIBBON. That led me to KANGAROO and then – surprisingly – SLIDING DEVER, which I didn’t know was a TWO-PEDAL animal. The other answers were easier to get simply because there weren’t many options left, although it still took me an annoyingly long time to realize that the last word was OSTRICH!
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Tuesday, November 12, Game #254)
- ECHO
- VICTOR
- DELTA
- FOXTROT
- GOLF
- TANGO
- BRAVO
- SPANGRAM: NATOALPHABET
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.
