Wednesday, November 6, 2024

NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Thursday, November 7 (game #249)

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 Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.

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 #249) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is… Extremely online

NYT Strands today (game #249) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

  • TWEE
  • TOLL
  • LIMP
  • STOP
  • MISO
  • MILK

NYT Strands today (game #249) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

It's all about me (or you)

NYT Strands today (game #249) - hint #4 - spangram position

What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First: top, 3rd column

Last: bottom, 4th column

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #249) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 249 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #249, are…

  • TWEET
  • POST
  • SHARE
  • LIKE
  • FOLLOW
  • COMMENT
  • REPORT
  • SPANGRAM: SOCIALMEDIA

  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: Perfect

There are days when Strands is simply too easy, and today is one of them. The theme of SOCIALMEDIA was obvious as soon as I saw TWEET lurking in the top left corner of the board, particularly given the clue of 'Extremely online', and after that it was merely a matter of my tracking down other related words. It helped that the spangram was itself the words SOCIALMEDIA, so there wasn't even any ambiguity there. I was done and dusted within about two minutes, which is fine – but I'd welcome a slightly tougher challenge tomorrow.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.


Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Wednesday, 6 November, game #248)

  • GUITAR
  • VIOLIN
  • BANJO
  • MANDOLIN
  • UKULELE
  • SITAR
  • HARP
  • SPANGRAM: STRINGY

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable and 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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