NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Friday, October 9 (Game #950)
Are you looking for a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone, which means some people are always playing “today’s game” while others play “yesterday’s game.” If you are instead looking for the Thursday puzzle then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Thursday, October 8 (Game #949).
Strands is the latest NYT word game after Wordle, Spelling Bee, and Connections, and it’s a lot of fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands suggestions.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections Today and Quordle Today pages for tips and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle Today page for the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Today’s NYT Strands info is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
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NYT Strands today (game #950) – track #1 – today’s topic
What’s the topic of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands topic is… That can’t be right
NYT Strands Today (Game #950) – Clue #2 – Keywords
Play any of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- VIRILE
- SHAVE
- BREAD
- BUILDER
- DERAIL
- BEAVER
NYT Strands today (set #950) – track #3 – spangram lyrics
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters.
NYT Strands today (game #950) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
• First side: below, third column
• Last side: above, fourth column
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #950): The Answers
The answers to today’s 950th Strands game are…
- NONSENSE
- TRASH
- hooey
- LIES
- NONSENSE
- SPANGRAM: AMAZING
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Sometimes the most obvious answer is the right one, so I spent a few seconds searching for the “wrong” word before abandoning the search and searching for non-game words.
Along the way I came across BALDERDASH, which is a ridiculous word to begin with, but it focused me on words that meant something was a sham and not trustworthy.
After receiving GARBAGE, I was on a roll and finished without needing any clues; a shame, as there were an incredible amount of long non-game words lurking among the nonsense and the silly.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Strands (Thursday, October 8, game #949)
- FAME
- CELEBRITY
- REPUTATION
- ACCLAMATION
- RENOWN
- EMINENCE
- SPANGRAM: LUMINARY
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new word game, after Wordle and Connections. It is now a full member of the NYT Games group that has been running for a year and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a complete guide on how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check it out if you’re struggling to beat it every day.
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