NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, October 20 (game #596)

Date:
Sun, 19 Oct 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 Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, October 19 (game #595) .

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 #596) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is It's in the mail NYT Strands today (game #596) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. CHASE MESS BUNCH MORE SNACK DUDE NYT Strands today (game #596) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 9 letters NYT Strands today (game #596) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: left, 4th row

Last side: right, 7th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #596) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #596, are MEMO SIGNATURE ROUTING NUMBER ADDRESS AMOUNT SPANGRAM: CHECKLIST My rating: Hard My score: 1 hint

Playing from the UK I was uncertain about the terminology for sending a check in the mail, but it all made sense in the end.

Ironically, considering this was a search all about financial terminology, chase was the first non-game word I found, along with a few others to give me a leg up with a hint.

Getting MEMO didnt help much, but I spotted CHECKLIST next which helped reveal SIGNATURE; its always a shock when you realize that such a long word has been hiding in plain sight. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Sunday, October 19, game #595) SAUCE JELLY BUTTER CIDER COMPOTE STRUDEL FRITTER SPANGRAM: APPLES 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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