NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, October 22 (game #963)

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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, October 21 (game #962) .

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 #963) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands? • Today's NYT Strands theme is… Any relation? NYT Strands today (game #963) - hint #2 - clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

MOOD FLOG TERRY BEER THERE MILE NYT Strands today (game #963) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram? • Spangram has 10 letters NYT Strands today (game #963) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches? • First side: top, 1st column • Last side: bottom, 6th column Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #963) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Strands, game #963, are… KINFOLK OFFSPRING BLOOD BRETHREN ANCESTORS SPANGRAM: FAMILYTIES My rating: Hard My score: 1 hint This was one of those days where my mind was elsewhere.

I struggled even though I had a strong sense of the words we would be looking for, although to begin with I did search for mother, father and auntie.

Seeing KINFOLK and OFFSPRING ended that avenue.

I also labored over the spangram; despite the fact that I connected “family”, I missed the next four letters that made it FAMILYTIES.

I also had to use a hint after my initial burst; BLOOD seemed so obvious, but it had completely passed me by.

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Wednesday, October 21, game #962) BOXES LUGGAGE TRUNKS YEARBOOKS DECORATIONS SPANGRAM: INTHEATTIC What is NYT Strands? Strands is the NYT's not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections.