NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Monday, November 11 (game #253)

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 Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.

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

  • RUSE
  • TRACT
  • PLACE
  • PLACED
  • HARM
  • CHARM

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

The answers to today’s Strands, game #253, are…

  • NURSE
  • DOCTOR
  • SURGEON
  • PHARMACIST
  • DENTIST
  • SPANGRAM: MEDICALCAREER

  • My rating: Moderate
  • My score: 1 hint

I needed a hint to get started today, which is hardly unusual for Strands given that the theme clues can be on the cryptic side of things sometimes. Today’s was ‘To your health!’, which to me suggested ‘Things you say as you toast someone’ or similar – such as CHEERS. But I couldn’t find that or any others, so asked for my hint and got NURSE.

At that point the task became rather more obvious, and I was able to find DOCTOR, SURGEON and PHARMACIST without too many issues. It took me a while to get the spangram, admittedly, but with that in place I spotted the final answer, DENTIST, and moved on.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.


  • JUMP
  • CIVIL
  • STRONG
  • BUSINESS
  • BIRTHDAY
  • LEISURE
  • SPANGRAM: WELLSUITED

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