NYT Strands Today — Tips, Answers and Spangram for Saturday, November 16 (Game #258)

Strands is the NYT’s latest pun after the likes of WordleSpelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult though, so read on for my Strands tips.

Want more word fun? Then check out my Words today, NEW Connections today and Quordle today Hints and Answers pages for these games.

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

Your Strands expert

Marc McLaren

NEW Strands today (game #258) – tip #1 – today’s theme

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… “Oh, You!”

NEW Strands Today (Game #258) – Clue #2 – Clue Word

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

ROLL
TROLL
SCOOT
LAUGH
SENSES
INVEST

NEW Strands today (game #258) – tip #3 – spangram

What is a clue for today’s spangram?

• LOL!

NEW Strands today (game #258) – tip #4 – span frame position

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

First: top, 3rd column

Last: bottom, 4th column

Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NEW Strands today (game #258) – the answers

NYT Strands answer game 258 on blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Strands, game #258, are…

FUNNY
HILARIOUS
FUNNY
WITTY
COMIC
DISSOLUTE
SPANGRAM: SO FUN

My rating: Moderate
My point: Perfect

This is a relatively mundane edition of the Strands, but there’s nothing wrong with that. It all makes sense – which isn’t always the case! – and offers a fair challenge if you’re unlucky with your first word. That’s because the theme hint, ‘”Oh, you!”‘, is rather cryptic; you may well need to use a hint to get started. I didn’t, because I found DROLL by accident while looking for clue words and then saw LAUGHABLE by design, based on what I thought the concept here might be. I was right and followed up with the likes of AMUSING and WITTY before getting the spangram. Business as usual, really.

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Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Friday, November 15, Game #257)

KALE
ICEBERG
ROMAINE
WATER CRUSH
RADICCHIO
SPANGRAM: SALAD GREENS

What are NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT’s new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It is now out of beta so is a full-fledged member of the NYT game stable and can be played on NYT Games website on computer or mobile.

I have a complete guide to hhow to play NYT Strands, complete with tips to solve it, so check it out if you’re struggling to beat it every day.