NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, October 23 (game #599)

Date:
Wed, 22 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 Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, October 22 (game #598) .

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 #599) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is Please don't eat me! NYT Strands today (game #599) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. POND LOVER FOOL FISH SOCK DIAL NYT Strands today (game #599) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 9 letters NYT Strands today (game #599) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: left, 1st row

Last side: right, 8th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #599) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #599, are AZALEA HEMLOCK FOXGLOVE BELLADONNA OLEANDER SPANGRAM: POISONOUS My rating: Hard My score: 1 hint

I think this is the longest Ive ever spent completing a Strands game especially one where I used a hint.

After grabbing a few non-game words, I spotted the spangram first, quickly followed by AZALEA, the letter Z hanging out usefully in the bottom left-hand corner.

The hint gave me HEMLOCK and I made slow progress from there. OLEANDER was my final, a word I never would have got if the letters would have been connected in a less easy fashion.

Mercifully it came together despite me not knowing what i was looking for. Such ignorance is also how one falls foul of POISONOUS plants too, so I will treat this game as an education. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Wednesday, October 22, game #598) BATTERY COIN PENCIL SHOELACE THUMBTACK TAPE SPANGRAM: JUNKDRAWER 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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