NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, November 3 (game #610)

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NYT Strands homescreen on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

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, November 2 (game #609).

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.

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 #610) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Wee wee wee!

NYT Strands today (game #610) - hint #2 - clue words

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

THEY
MELT
TEARS
PRESET
SIFT
BEST

NYT Strands today (game #610) - hint #3 - spangram letters

How many letters are in today's spangram?

• Spangram has 15 letters

NYT Strands today (game #610) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First side: bottom, 3rd column

Last side: right, 3rd row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #610) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 610 on a blue background

The answers to today's Strands, game #610, are…

WENT
MARKET
STAYED
HOME
ROAST
BEEF
NONE
SPANGRAM: THISLITTLEPIGGY

My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect

The longest spangram in a long while took up a good chunk of the board and snaked its way from the center to to the bottom to the right-hand side.

The theme though was obvious from the start, with WENT, MARKET, STAYED, and HOME all jammed up against each other like a baby's toes.

The line “this little piggy had roast beef” has always puzzled me. Would a piggy ever eat roast beef, even one who wore a shirt and tie and went to market?

The truth, of course, is like many nursery rhymes rooted in the macabre and the little piggy going to market was going to the slaughterhouse and the piggy eating roast beef was being force fed. No wonder they went wee wee wee all the way home.

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Sunday, November 2, game #609)

START
PACE
FINISH
RUNNER
HYDRATION
TIMEKEEPER
SPANGRAM: MARATHON

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 how 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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