Looking for a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, June 14 (game #833).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #834) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Moving mountains
NYT Strands today (game #834) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- SQUARE
- CORE
- GNAT
- MORE
- VOTER
- YOUTH
NYT Strands today (game #834) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters
NYT Strands today (game #834) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 1st column
Last side: bottom, 5th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #834) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #834, are…
- QUASH
- CONQUER
- VANQUISH
- SURMOUNT
- OVERCOME
- SPANGRAM: YOUVEGOTTHIS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
Despite the fact that today’s game featured three Qs — a fact that would usually make the search easier — I suffered a bad case of word blindness and failed…
