NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, September 23 (game #569)

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NYT Strands homescreen on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

Looking 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 Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, September 22 (game #568).

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

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… On the syllabus

NYT Strands today (game #569) - hint #2 - clue words

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

DARE
RING
ROSE
TRADE
MALE
MICE

NYT Strands today (game #569) - hint #3 - spangram letters

How many letters are in today's spangram?

• Spangram has 13 letters

NYT Strands today (game #569) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First side: top, 1st column

Last side: bottom, 6th column

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

NYT Strands today (game #569) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 569 on a blue background

The answers to today's Strands, game #569, are…

EXAM
QUIZ
LECTURE
READING
HOMEWORK
PAPER
SPANGRAM: COLLEGECOURSE

My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect

Today’s game featured three rare letters that made the search a lot quicker, with EXAM and QUIZ both very easy to spot.

The rest of the board presented a collection of basic words without any puzzling surprises, making the point that you don’t need an education to complete Strands.

A mark of how simple today’s game was that I completed it without getting any accidental non-game words. Despite usually being tricked by the longer snakes, today I connected COLLEGE and COURSE straightaway.

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Monday, September 22, game #568)

NOOK
CRANNY
CREVICE
ALCOVE
NICHE
PIGEONHOLE
SPANGRAM: MINDTHEGAP

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 is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna's addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.

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