NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, July 20 (game #869)

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Sun, 19 Jul 2026 23:00:00 +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 Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, July 19 (game #868) . 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 Watch full video here: NYT Strands today (game #869) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is Small talk NYT Strands today (game #869) -
hint #2 - clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. COIN SLOT METER SMUT SUIT MUSTY NYT Strands today (game #869) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 9 letters NYT Strands today (game #869) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: left, 4th row

Last side: right, 6th row Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. You may like NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, July 13 (game #862) NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, July 6 (game #855) NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, July 19 (game #868) TechRadar 5-star reviewed devices Dyson HushJet Mini Cool Fan 99.99 View See all prices voucher gift JBL Xtreme 5 329 279 View See all prices LG OLED evo AI C6 55-inch TV (2026) 1,599.98 View See all prices DJI Lito X1 369 View See all prices Dali Kupid 299 View See all prices bundle De'Longhi Dedica Duo 280 View See all prices We check over 250 million products every day for the best prices NYT Strands today (game #869) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Strands, game #869, are TINY LITTLE MICROSCOPIC MINIATURE MINUSCULE SPANGRAM: ITSYBITSY My rating: Easy My score: Perfect Yesterdays theme was big talk and today its small talk. Im looking forward to medium talk tomorrow. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors By submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.

Anyway, I digress. After the relatively easy spots of TINY and LITTLE it was on to the more niche descriptions of very small things, with MICROSCOPIC bringing me a little tingle of enjoyment from connecting an 11-letter word.

After yesterdays odd spangram of supersizeit I was expecting a similarly descriptive snake today, so ITSYBITSY took me a while despite how perfectly it fitted the search. Either way, it's a spangram that demonstrates that
small things are more fun than big things. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Sunday, July 19, game #868) GIANT MAMMOTH COLOSSUS BEHEMOTH LEVIATHAN SPANGRAM: SUPERSIZEIT 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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