NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, October 31 (game #972)

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Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter 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 Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, October 30 (game #971)
. 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. Latest Videos From TechRadar Watch full video here: NYT Strands
today (game #972) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is Its in the bag NYT Strands today (game #972) - hint #2 - clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. STEAK FISH CITY SANDY PLAICE TRICK RICE NYT Strands today (game #972) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 12 letters NYT Strands today (game #972) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: left, 3rd row

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The first word I spotted was TOOTHBRUSH, so I momentarily thought we could be looking for items that might make their way into a wash bag; my second word, FANGS, soon stopped that theory (as did todays date!)

Heres hoping you have a spooktacular Halloween. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Friday, October 30, game #971) JUICE ELECTRICITY POWER ENERGY SPARK CURRENT SPANGRAM: PLUGGEDIN 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 h ow 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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