{
  "id": 14813797,
  "title": "NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, October 16 (game #957)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/nyt-strands-hints-and-answers-for-friday-october-16-game-957",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-15T23:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-16-october-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Today's NYT Strands puzzle, game #957, has a theme of \"Just a little bit.\" To unlock the in-game hints system, players can play any of these clue words: PILL, STATE, LAME, SALT, LOCAL, or WORM. The spangram in today's game has 10 letters.\n\nThe spangram touches two sides of the board: the left side, 5th row and the right side, 5th row. The answers to today's Strands puzzle are PINPOINT, MOLECULE, ATOM, MITE, FOLLICLE, AMOEBA. The spangram is SMALLWORLD.",
  "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 Friday, October 16 (game #1726)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/quordle-hints-and-answers-for-friday-october-16-game-1726",
        "published": "2026-10-15T23:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}