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New NYT Strands puzzles appear every day at midnight in your time zone. That is, some people are always playing “today’s game,” while others are always playing “yesterday’s game.” If you’re looking for a Wednesday puzzle instead Then click here: NYT Strands Hints and Answers for Wednesday, January 21st (Game #689).
Strands is NYT’s newest word game, following Wordle, Spelling Bee, and Connections, and it’s a lot of fun. However, it can be difficult at times, so read Strands’ tips.
Spoiler alert: Information about today’s NYT Strand is below, so don’t read if you don’t want to know the answer.
Today’s NYT Strands (Game #690) – Tip #1 – Today’s Theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strand?
• Today’s NYT Strand theme is…Ode to Joy
Today’s NYT Strands (Game #690) – Hint #2 – Hint Words
Playing any of these words will unlock the in-game hint system.
- heat
- Be bolder
- shred
- cast
- phone
- yeast
Today’s NYT Strands (Game #690) – Tip #3 – Spanggram Letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spanggram has 13 characters
Today’s NYT Strands (Game #690) – Tip #4 – Spanggram Location
What are the two aspects of the board that today’s Spanggram touches on?
First side: bottom 1st row
Last aspect: Top, 6th row
The answer is below, so don’t scroll any further if you don’t want to see it.
Today’s NYT Strands (Game #690) – Answers
Today’s strand, the answer to game #690 is…
- bliss
- ecstasy
- Exhilaration
- Euphoria
- Rhapsody
- Spangram: Seventh Heaven
- My rating: difficult
- My score: 3 tips
I didn’t get much sleep last night, so I had a really hard time concentrating on today’s letter soup, and I needed three hints to get me over the line. That was after I spotted BLISS at the usual starting point on the left corner.
So, since there were only five search terms, the success rate, including spangrams, was an abysmal 50%.
Sorry, you’re prompted to stream Queen bohemian rhapsody. with baker street Written by Gerry Rafferty american breakfast This song by Supertramp is one of those 1970s songs that I hate to admit that I really like.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Wednesday, January 21st, Game #689)
- smile
- tease
- burp
- shout
- stare
- point
- interrupt
- Spanggram: Don’t Verde
What is NYT Strand?
Strands is a not-so-new word game from the NYT, following Wordle and Connections. It is currently an official member of the NYT games stable and has been running for a year. NYT game site Whether on desktop or mobile.
We have a complete guide on how to play NYT Strands, as well as tips to solve your problems, so if you are struggling to win every day, check it out.