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NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, October 31 (game #972)

NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, October 31 (game #972)
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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 Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, October 30 (game #971).

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

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… It’s in the bag

NYT Strands today (game #972) - hint #2 - clue words

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

  • STEAK
  • FISH
  • CITY
  • SANDY
  • PLAICE
  • TRICK
  • RICE

NYT Strands today (game #972) - hint #3 - spangram letters

How many letters are in today's spangram?

• Spangram has 12 letters

NYT Strands today (game #972) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

• First side: left, 3rd row

• Last side: right, 4th row

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

NYT Strands today (game #972) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 972 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #972, are…

  • TOOTHBRUSH
  • FANGS
  • RING
  • CANDY
  • APPLE
  • STICKER
  • SPANGRAM: TRICKORTREAT
  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: Perfect

Without meaning to I collected the top three treats and then the bottom three treats — all neatly divided by the spangram.

The first word I spotted was TOOTHBRUSH, so I momentarily thought we could be looking for items that might make their way into a wash bag; my second word, FANGS, soon stopped that theory (as did today’s date!)

Here’s hoping you have a spooktacular Halloween.

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Friday, October 30, game #971)

  • JUICE
  • ELECTRICITY
  • POWER
  • ENERGY
  • SPARK
  • CURRENT
  • SPANGRAM: PLUGGEDIN

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.


Johnny Dee
October 31, 2026 at 03:00AM
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