NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Tuesday, November 19 (game #261)

Our clues will help you solve the NYT's Strands today and keep that streak going

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News By Marc McLaren published 19 November 2024

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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 Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

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Your Strands expertMarc McLaren

Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief and has been obsessed with Wordle and its ilk for more than two years. He's authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar, including a daily today's Wordle answer column and a detailed analysis of the most common letters in Wordle in every position. He's also played every Wordle ever and only lost once and yes, he takes it all too seriously.

NYT Strands today (game #261) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Pick-ups

NYT Strands today (game #261) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

  • POOR
  • POST
  • TICK
  • FORT
  • SNORT
  • NEWS

NYT Strands today (game #261) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Kitchen essentials

NYT Strands today (game #261) - hint #4 - spangram position

What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First: left, 4th row

Last: right, 5th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #261) - the answers

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #261, are…

  • KNIFE
  • TONGS
  • FORK
  • SPOON
  • SKEWER
  • SPORK
  • CHOPSTICKS
  • SPANGRAM: UTENSILS
  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: Perfect

This is about as easy as Strands get: I suspect a five-year-old knows most of this words and can probably spell half of them too. Bonus points for the NYT including SPORK as well as SPOON and FORK in order to make up the numbers; does anyone really use a SPORK? SKEWER is probably the only vaguely difficult word here, because it's not something I'd expect to find in the company of the other UTENSILS here. Well, other than on a barbecue, but that's a pretty rare thing round my way.

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