NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Saturday, November 16 (game #258)

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.

  • ROLL
  • TROLL
  • SCOOT
  • LAUGH
  • WITS
  • BETS

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 #258, are…

  • DROLL
  • LAUGHABLE
  • AMUSING
  • WITTY
  • COMIC
  • RIOTOUS
  • SPANGRAM: THATSFUNNY

  • My rating: Moderate
  • My score: Perfect

This is a relatively mundane edition of Strands, but there’s nothing wrong with that. It all makes sense – which isn’t always the case! – and offers a reasonable challenge unless you get lucky with your first word. That’s because the theme hint, ‘”Oh, you!”‘, is rather cryptic; you may well need to use a hint to get going. I didn’t, because I found DROLL by accident when looking for hint words, and then spotted LAUGHABLE by design, based on what I thought the concept here might be. I was correct, and followed up with the likes of AMUSING and WITTY before getting the spangram. Business as usual, really.

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


  • KALE
  • ICEBERG
  • ROMAINE
  • WATERCRESS
  • RADICCHIO
  • SPANGRAM: SALADGREENS

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