NYT Strands Today – Hints, Answers and Spangram for Wednesday, November 27 (Game #269)
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 #269) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is…Come and fly with me
NYT Strands Today (Game #269) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- FRONT
- CLOSE
- WEST
- PILE
- SPILL
- GRIND
NYT Strands today (game #269) – hint #3 – spangram
What’s a hint for today’s spangram?
• Have wings, will travel
NYT Strands Today (Game #269) – Hint #4 – Spangram Position
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram comes into contact with?
First: bottom, 3rd column
Last: top, 4th column
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #269) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #269, are…
- BORDER
- UNITED
- VIRGIN
- DELTA
- SPIRIT
- SOUTHWEST
- SPANGRAM: AIRLINES
- My rating: Simple
- My score: Perfect
As with yesterday’s game (see below for the answers if you missed them), this is a Strands puzzle that is perfectly acceptable, but wasn’t much of a puzzle for me. I generally don’t fly, and I’m not based in the US – so UNITED, DELTA, SPIRIT and FRONTIER didn’t immediately come to mind. However, I didn’t need a hint to get started as I found FRONTIER by accident and once I combined that with the theme prompt ‘Come fly with me’ I had enough knowledge to know what was needed.
The problem was that even though I’ve heard of all the airlines listed here, I couldn’t think of them, so I had to do a combination of word searching and letter pattern searching until I got them all. So not the most fun, but I don’t blame the NYT – this just wasn’t the day for me.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Tuesday, November 26, Game #268)
- TOTE
- RUN
- MESSENGER
- BUCKET
- DUFFEL
- CROSSBODY
- SPANGRAM: HANDBAGS
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.
