NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, January 3 (game #671)

Date:
Fri, 02 Jan 2026 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, January 2 (game #670) .

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 #671) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is I've never seen that before! NYT Strands today (game #671) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. WINE RIVER GROOVE ANKLE SWINE FREE NYT Strands today (game #671) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 14 letters NYT Strands today (game #671) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: left, 1st row

Last side: right, 7th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #671) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #671, are INVENTIVE SEMINAL FRESH ORIGINAL NOVEL SPANGRAM: BREAKNEWGROUND My rating: Hard My score: Perfect

If you wanted to listen to the most quintessentially British thing ever then
I recommend a long-running BBC radio show called Just A Minute . Its a comedy panel show where the competitors win points by speaking on a subject for 60 seconds without deviation, repetition or hesitation.

I mention this because I've never seen that before! is precisely the kind of subject they will be given to talk about. In their case it would most likely involve them telling anecdotes about roller-skating otters or helicopters in the shape of a banana.

No one, I suspect, would choose to ramble on about being INVENTIVE, SEMINAL
or NOVEL. All words that in todays Strands posed quite a struggle to find. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Friday, January 2, game #670) BLANKET SLIPPERS COCOA ROBE FIREPLACE CUDDLES SPANGRAM: STAYWARM 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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