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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, October 19 (game #595).
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.
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… “It's in the mail”
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
• Spangram has 9 letters
First side: left, 4th row
Last side: right, 7th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
The answers to today's Strands, game #596, are…
Playing from the UK I was uncertain about the terminology for sending a check in the mail, but it all made sense in the end.
Ironically, considering this was a search all about financial terminology, “chase” was the first non-game word I found, along with a few others to give me a leg up with a hint.
Getting MEMO didn’t help much, but I spotted CHECKLIST next – which helped reveal SIGNATURE; it’s always a shock when you realize that such a long word has been hiding in plain sight.
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.