{
  "id": 16981309,
  "title": "NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, October 29 (game #970)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/nyt-strands-hints-and-answers-for-thursday-october-29-game-970",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-29T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-29-october-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Today's NYT Strands puzzle, game #970, features a theme of Double, double toil and trouble. The in-game hints system can be unlocked by playing any of the following words: WIZARD, BURN, DESK, COATED, WOBBLE, or RAIL. The spangram, which is an 8-letter word, appears in the left 4th row on one side of the board and the right 4th row on the other. The answers to today's Strands puzzle are WORM, FIRE, TONGUE, SNAKE, NEWT, BUBBLE, LIZARD, and BLOOD. The spangram in this puzzle is CAULDRON, which refers to the cauldron in which witches in William Shakespeare's Macbeth allegedly threw their ingredients to create a potion meant to drive the would-be king insane.",
  "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": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}