NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, November 9 (game #616)

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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 Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, November 8 (game #615).

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

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… How enchanting!

NYT Strands today (game #616) - hint #2 - clue words

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

PURE
TRIAD
HATE
SMITE
PACE
CRATE
DEEP

NYT Strands today (game #616) - hint #3 - spangram letters

How many letters are in today's spangram?

• Spangram has 13 letters

NYT Strands today (game #616) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First side: bottom, 6th column

Last side: top, 6th column

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

NYT Strands today (game #616) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 616 on a blue background

The answers to today's Strands, game #616, are…

ENTRANCE
SPELLBIND
HYPNOTIZE
CAPTIVATE
SPANGRAM: CHARMEDIMSURE

My rating: Hard
My score: 1 hint

This took me a long time for a round with only four game words. In part this was due to me not really understanding the theme, which always makes the search more difficult.

The other tricky aspect of today’s game was a 13-letter spangram that I failed to see even after getting ENTRANCE, SPELLBIND, HYPNOTIZE and CAPTIVATE.

I hope it was more enchanting for you than it was for me.

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday, November 8, game #615)

PORTAL
ENTRANCE
GATE
DOORWAY
INGRESS
THRESHOLD
SPANGRAM: LETMEIN

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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