New York Times Strands Hints and Answers for November 4, 2024

Strands has yet another difficult word-find puzzle for fans of the genre to try. While most word-search puzzles are pretty simple, this one has a unique challenge: You don’t know any of the words you are trying to find, or even the theme of those words, before you start.

If the rules of Strands make it sound hard, you haven’t seen anything yet; today’s puzzle is very difficult, and it contains a bunch of challenging words. If you need help with this one and don’t like the in-game hints, you can find some helpful stuff in the guide below.

The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #246 November 4, 2024

The Strands puzzle for today has the clue In a(n)… There are eight things to find: one Spangram category and seven themed words.

New York Times Games Strands Clues

In order to win this one, you will need to figure out the theme and try to dig up the words from inside the letter grid. In the three sections below, you can find some helpful, spoiler-free hints to get you a little closer to the theme for this one.

General Hint 1

Hint 1
: Let’s do this quickly.

General Hint 2

General Hint 3

Hint 3
: In a (short amount of time).

Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands

Looking for some spoilers for this puzzle game without having to find a bunch of non-themed words? In each of the sections below there is one spoiler and a screenshot of where that word goes in the grid.

Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands

The complete answer to this browser game can be found below. Open up the expandable section to see all the themed words and a screenshot of where each of those words goes in the puzzle.

The category for today is
SmallTime
. The words are Instant, Jiffy, Moment, Second, Minute, Tick, and Flash.

Today’s Strands Explained

If you want to see an explanation for this mobile puzzle game, check out what’s below. Inside, you will find an explanation of how the theme, the themed words, and the clue word together.

In a(n)…
is in reference to how you can take all of the themed words and put them at the end of that sentence and it will mean to do something quickly. It’s not a big amount of time, it just needs
Small Time
to get it done.

Want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Strands website, available on almost any device with a browser.