NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, October 13 (game #954)

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 Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, October 12 (game #953) .

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 #954) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands? • Today's NYT Strands theme is… Well, this is awkward NYT Strands today (game #954) - hint #2 - clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

SOME BREWS PART PATH FROM FROGS NYT Strands today (game #954) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram? • Spangram has 12 letters NYT Strands today (game #954) - 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 #954) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Strands, game #954, are… EMBARRASS APPALL NONPLUS CHAGRIN MORTIFY SPANGRAM: CRINGEWORTHY My rating: Hard My score: Perfect I’m classing this as tricky because despite getting by without hints it still took me longer than usual to complete the board.

After getting the spangram fairly quickly I was confident I’d roar through the board at speed, chuckling at memories of CRINGEWORTHY scenes from Something About Mary and Meet The Parents .

Alas, after getting EMBARRASS I struggled to think of any other synonyms for awkward; I thought NONPLUS meant you were indifferent.

Ah well, every day’s a school day.

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Monday, October 12, game #953) PARLANCE JARGON VERNACULAR LINGO DIALECT SPANGRAM: TURNOFPHRASE 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.