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Today's NYT Strands hints and answer: solutions to game #678, January 10

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Need help with Strands #678? Here are some hints and the answers

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Need a bit of help with NYT Strands today? No shame in that, and you've come to the right place. Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #678 as well as the answers, should it come to that.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #678.

Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints

The official theme for NYT Strands #678 is... "If not now, when?"

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Putting things off".

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:

  • LOVELY
  • HORNS
  • TROTS
  • MOST
  • CROWS
  • SMELLY
  • ROTS
  • STRUT

Still struggling? The spangram touches two opposite sides of the board (but can start and end anywhere), and will give you a hint about the connection between the answers. Today, it starts with 'P' and ends with 'R'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's PROCRASTINATOR.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #678?

Drumroll, please...

  • TOMORROW
  • LATER
  • SOON
  • SHORTLY
  • EVENTUALLY

Strands #678

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...and the spangram was PROCRASTINATOR.

Strands #678

“If not now, when?”

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Hi Strands fans. A topic I'm a bit of an expert in, today: procrastination.

I wouldn't have figured it out too quickly, if I hadn't seen TOMORROW on the second row from the bottom. That allowed me to spell PROCRASTINATOR backwards in the gap to give me the spangram and a clear idea of the theme.

Now it was just a case of looking for other terms about putting things off. I found LATER in the top-right corner, followed by SOON spelt backwards diagonally from the right side to the middle.

I then found SHORTLY to its left, leaving EVENTUALLY spelt backwards in the space directly above SOON to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #677.

  • BLACK
  • GRIZZLY
  • POLAR
  • PANDA
  • SPECTACLED
  • BROWN

Strands #677

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...and the spangram was BEARSINMIND.

Strands #677

“For cubs fans”

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Hi Strands fans. My heart sank when I saw the topic of "For cubs fans", as I dreaded another American sporting puzzle from here in London.

But then I noticed that "cubs" wasn't capitalized, and I realized I was on much safer grounds with literal bears.

I found BLACK in the middle of the board, with GRIZZLY above it. POLAR was to its left, with PANDA below that.

Continuing to move around the grid, I found SPECTACLED to PANDA's right, which left a gap for BROWN above it.

All that was left to do was to connect the remaining letters on the board into the spangram of BEARSINMIND, and I was done for another day.

Alan Martin
Alan Martin

Freelance contributor Alan has been writing about tech for over a decade, covering phones, drones and everything in between. Previously Deputy Editor of tech site Alphr, his words are found all over the web and in the occasional magazine too. When not weighing up the pros and cons of the latest smartwatch, you'll probably find him tackling his ever-growing games backlog. He also handles all the Wordle coverage on Tom's Guide and has been playing the addictive NYT game for the last several years in an effort to keep his streak forever intact.

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