{
  "id": 14314455,
  "title": "NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, October 14 (game #955)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/nyt-strands-hints-and-answers-for-wednesday-october-14-game-955",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-13T23:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-14-october-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Looking for hints and answers for today's NYT Strands puzzle? You've come to the right place. Strands is the New York Times' latest word game, following in the footsteps of Wordle, Spelling Bee, and Connections. It can be challenging, but with these hints, you'll be well on your way to success.\n\nToday's theme is folk and fairy tale twosomes. This means that the words you'll be working with are paired up to represent famous stories from folklore and fairy tales. Here are the clue words for today:\n\nCANE\nTINT\nMETER\nSHARE\nTROT\nSTEM\nTROOP\n\nBy playing any of these words, you can unlock the in-game hints system, which will help guide you to the correct answers.\n\nThere is one spangram in today's puzzle, consisting of 13 letters. The spangram touches two sides of the board: the left side in the 7th row and the bottom side in the 2nd column. The spangram is ONCEUPONATIME.\n\nThe answers to today's Strands puzzle are:\n\nBEAUTY\nBEAST\nFROG\nPRINCESS\nTORTOISE\nHAIR\nSPANGRAM: ONCEUPONATIME\n\nIn my opinion, today's game was relatively easy and I achieved a perfect score. The theme and spangram made it simple for me to understand the connections between the words. One of my favorite fairy tales is \"The Tortoise and the Hare,\" so I particularly enjoyed this theme.",
  "summary": "Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, October 14 (game #1724)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/quordle-hints-and-answers-for-wednesday-october-14-game-1724",
        "published": "2026-10-13T23:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}