NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, October 28 (game #969)

Looking for today's NYT Strands hints and answers? Look no further! The game #969 puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone, so some players are playing today's game while others are still working on yesterday's. If you're looking for Tuesday's puzzle instead, click here for hints and answers from October 27 (game #968).

Strands is the NYT's latest word game, following the success of Wordle, Spelling Bee, and Connections. It's a fun and challenging game, but here are some hints to help you along the way.

Hint 1: Today's theme is Comedy club. Look for words related to comedy genres as you play.

Hint 2: Play any of these clue words to unlock the in-game hints system: CHESS, TEAK, SKIN, SCRUB, NECK, and PLATE.

Hint 3: The spangram in today's puzzle has 13 letters. Find this long word to help complete the game.

Hint 4: The spangram touches two sides of the board: the bottom, 5th column on one side, and the top, 2nd column on the other side.

The answers to today's Strands puzzle (game #969) are: FARCE, SKETCH, IMPROV, SLAPSTICK, BURLESQUE, and SPANGRAM: FUNNYBUSINESS. My rating for today's game is easy, and my score is perfect. Comedians put in a lot of hard work, and the pressure to always be funny can be intense. But that's another story!