NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Wednesday, November 13 (game #255)

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.

  • LAST
  • STORK
  • KING
  • PANG
  • BONG
  • TEAR

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 #255, are…

  • HUMAN
  • GIBBON
  • KANGAROO
  • PANGOLIN
  • MEERKAT
  • OSTRICH
  • SPANGRAM: BIPEDAL

  • My rating: Moderate
  • My score: Perfect

Top marks to the NYT puzzle setters for this edition of Strands, which offers just the right amount of challenge. No real specialist knowledge is required – a factor which always makes a Strands game more inclusive, and therefore better for more people – but it requires a bit of thought and probably a bit of luck to solve it without hints.

The theme clue of ‘We’re walking’ was a little cryptic, but when I spotted HUMAN – placed prominently at the top of the grid – I had an inkling of what was needed. I couldn’t find a second word, though, until I focused on the two Bs near the bottom right of the board and got GIBBON. That led me to KANGAROO and then – surprisingly – PANGOLIN, which I didn’t know was a BIPEDAL animal. The other answers were easier to get simply because there were not many possibilities left, although it still took me an annoyingly long time to realize that the last word was OSTRICH!

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


  • ECHO
  • VICTOR
  • DELTA
  • FOXTROT
  • GOLF
  • TANGO
  • BRAVO
  • SPANGRAM: NATOALPHABET

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