NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, January 16 (game #684)

Date:
Thu, 15 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
Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, January 15 (game #683) .

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 #684) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is DC crusader NYT Strands today (game #684) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. PENCE RANT BANG BORN NAME RAVEN NYT Strands today (game #684) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 6 letters NYT Strands today (game #684) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: left, 4th row

Last side: right, 4th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #684) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #684, are JOKER ROBIN CAPE MANOR JUSTICE PENGUIN VENGEANCE SPANGRAM: BATMAN My rating: Easy My score: Perfect

The hardest part of todays game was my final word VENGEANCE which took me far longer than it really should have.

I also wasted time trying to find CAVE, one of several notable absences from the world of BATMAN.

My favorite version of the Caped Crusader is the original 1960s Adam West version and it saddens me that Bruce Wayne has got increasingly downbeat ever since; the recent Robert Pattinson version, for example, would be greatly improved if he wore a spandex onesie and went around correcting people on their poor grammar. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Thursday, January 15, game #683) DRUM CANAL LOBE ANVIL HAMMER CARTILAGE SPANGRAM: HEARHEAR 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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