NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, September 26 (game #572)

Date:
Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +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
Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, September 25 (game #571) .

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 #572) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is As old as time NYT Strands today (game #572) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. NEWS GRADE CHIP FAME STEP SWIG NYT Strands today (game #572) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 16 letters NYT Strands today (game #572) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: top, 2nd column

Last side: bottom, 3rd column

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #572) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #572, are PENDULUM GEARS CHIMES WINDER WEIGHTS SPANGRAM: GRANDFATHERCLOCK My rating: Hard My score: 1 hint

Im sure there were plenty of people playing todays game who had no idea what
a GRANDFATHER CLOCK is and even those among us who did what words we could be searching for.

As someone ridiculously troubled by ticking sounds Ive never had one or, thankfully, stayed in a house containing one but I did know that a PENDULUM is a key component. After getting that, however, I was lost so took a hint.

Todays extra-long spangram is the second 16-letter long beast weve had this month following OPPOSITESATTRACT but still one letter behind the all time leader, BATTERIESREQUIRED from July. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Thursday, September 25, game #571) HERALD MESSENGER ARCHANGEL GUARDIAN
SERAPH SPANGRAM: HEAVENSENT 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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