NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, January 11 (game #679)

Date:
Sat, 10 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
Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, January 10 (game #678) .

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 #679) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is Yay!!! NYT Strands today (game #679) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. PIPE MEOW HEAT BEAM STOP HOST NYT Strands today (game #679) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 10 letters NYT Strands today (game #679) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: top, 3rd 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 #679) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #679, are WHOOPEE HUZZAH BOOYAH HOORAY YIPPEE AWESOME SPANGRAM: THATSGREAT My rating: Hard My score: 1 hint

Even though I was fully aware of todays theme I lacked the enthusiasm to complete it without some help.

After getting two upbeat words I drew a blank and had a lie down, before a hint delivered BOOYAH one thing todays search lacks is exclamation marks, as all the words look wrong without them.

This was also a collection thats fun to say and imagine the kind of things worthy of saying a hearty HUZZAH! to. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday, January 10, game #678) SOON EVENTUALLY LATER TOMORROW SHORTLY SPANGRAM: PROCRASTINATOR 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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