NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, November 29 (game #636)

Date:
Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

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

FULL STORY ======================================================================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, November 28 (game #635) .

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. NYT Strands today (game #636) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is What a piece of work! NYT Strands today (game #636) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. SLIME LEACH MALE RAIL SCREAM HIRE CAVES NYT Strands today (game #636) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 13 letters NYT Strands today (game #636) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: top, 3rd column

Last side: left, 4th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #636) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #636, are WHEEL PULLEY AXEL SCREW LEVER WEDGE PLANE SPANGRAM: SIMPLEMACHINE My rating: Hard My score: Perfect

I didnt use any hints today but this game was far from easy.

This was down to two factors. The first was a needlessly long spangram just the word machineparts would have been more appropriate which took me ages to put together.

The second reason was that Strands always takes longer when you dont know
what youre looking for. Regardless, by working my way around the board I managed to find everything along with plenty of non-game words. Resisting turning them into hints was my biggest achievement. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Friday, November 28, game #635) COIN FOUNTAIN LADYBUG STAR DANDELION EYELASH SPANGRAM:MAKEAWISH 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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