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 15 (game #469).
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 #470) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Key notes
NYT Strands today (game #470) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- REPEAT
- NEEDS
- LICE
- SAUCE
- PLATE
- CLUE
NYT Strands today (game #470) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #470) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 3rd column
Last side: bottom, 3rd column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #470) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #470, are…
- ETUDE
- SUITE
- MINUET
- NOCTURNE
- SONATA
- PRELUDE
- SPANGRAM: PIANO PIECES
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 hint
I desperately needed a hint to start me off today and the word that I was given – ETUDE – is one that I’m only familiar with from playing Wordle spinoff Quordle, where it has appeared several times this year.
It’s a piece of music that’s used as practice for students and is intended to stretch and test their abilities.
Once I had this prompt I managed to find the other words without any further assistance.
All of these words for PIANO PIECES are familiar, but I was uncertain what they all meant. MINUET, for example, I had assumed meant a very short piece but is actually a slow, stately dance in triple time. Everyday’s a school day with Strands.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Sunday, June 15, game #469)
- CHALUPA
- CRAWDAD
- POPCORN
- PAPARAZZI
- POPSICLE
- SPANGRAM: FATHERS DAY
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
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