Subj : NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, November 5 (game #61
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Date : Tue Nov 04 2025 15:15:08

NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, November 5 (game #612)

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Tue, 04 Nov 2025 15:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to 
solve today's game, including the spangram.

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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, 
November 4 (game #611) . 

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 #612) - 
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands? 

  Today's NYT Strands theme is The butterfly effect NYT Strands today (game 
#612) - hint #2 - clue words 

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. LIAR HOME DEAN 
CHIA GREAT CLASSIC NYT Strands today (game #612) - hint #3 - spangram letters 
How many letters are in today's spangram? 

  Spangram has 8 letters NYT Strands today (game #612) - hint #4 - spangram 
position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches? 

First side: left, 7th row 

Last side: right, 7th row 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #612) - the answers (Image credit: New 
York Times) 

The answers to today's Strands, game #612, are CHRYSALIS CATERPILLAR HATCH 
MIGRATE MILKWEED SPANGRAM: MONARCHS My rating: Hard My score: 1 hint 

The migration of MONARCHS from Canada and northern US states is one of the 
wonders of the natural world and one of those Strands games that had me 
reading Wikipedia and downloading podcasts afterwards in an attempt to learn 
more. 

The first cycle ends around about now, with millions of butterflies arriving 
in central Mexico before starting up again in the spring when those same 
MONARCHS will fly north in search of milkweed  the only plant they lay their 
eggs on and the only plant caterpillars will eat and one that will make the 
resulting butterflies toxic to birds, a magnificent trick of self 
preservation. 

Anyway I digress, finding CHRYSALIS in the top left-hand corner made for an 
easy start but the other words was more of a challenge  not as big a 
challenge as a tiny insect travelling 3,000 miles, but a little taxing for a 
Wednesday morning commute. 

Top marks, too, for a butterfly-shaped spangram. Yesterday's NYT Strands 
answers (Tuesday, November 4, game #611) JAWS MILK HEAT CLUE CARS BABE HULK 
DUNE SPANGRAM: FOURLETTERMOVIES 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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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hi
nts-5-november-2025


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