Subj : NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, September 17 (game # To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Tue Sep 16 2025 15:15:11 NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, September 17 (game #563) Date: Tue, 16 Sep 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 Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, September 16 (game #562) . 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 #563) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands? Today's NYT Strands theme is We beg to differ NYT Strands today (game #563) - hint #2 - clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. GATE DIET POSITION FLEA FILE TINY NYT Strands today (game #563) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram? Spangram has 16 letters NYT Strands today (game #563) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches? First side: right, 8th row Last side: right, 2nd row Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #563) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Strands, game #563, are BOLD TIMID QUIET NOISY FLEXIBLE RIGID SPANGRAM: OPPOSITESATTRACT My rating: Easy My score: Perfect Todays spangram, OPPOSITESATTRACT, is the longest since HORSEBACKRIDING back in January and took up a huge chunk of the board starting and, unusually, ending on the same side. Im not entirely sure that the clich of opposites attracting is true. Do BOLD people love hanging out with TIMID souls? Are FLEXIBLE yoga teachers seeking out really RIGID partners so they can constantly impress them with how bendy they are? I don't think so. Anyway, I digress. The most exciting thing for me today was getting an eight-letter non-game word. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, September 16, game #562) GLOVES CABLE HELMET PULLEY HARNESS CARABINER SPANGRAM: ZIPLINING 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. ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hi nts-17-september-2025 --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .