{
  "id": 18043933,
  "title": "NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, November 4 (game #976)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/nyt-strands-hints-and-answers-for-wednesday-november-4-game-976",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-04T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-4-november-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Today's NYT Strands puzzle, game number 976, has a theme centered around \"Getting the job done.\" To unlock in-game hints, players can input words like RUST, FORK, ROPE, SPEAR, SOUR, or SLEEP. The spangram, a single uninterrupted word that spans the board diagonally, consists of 14 letters and touches the left side's first row and the right side's sixth row.\n\nAmong the answers for today's Strands puzzle are LABOR, STAFF, WORKFORCE, PEOPLE, PERSONNEL. The spangram, identified as HUMANRESOURCES, aims to debunk the notion that HR departments merely exist to protect companies from employees struggling to make them work. In reality, HR also deals with issues like malfunctioning lifts. Despite personal biases toward HR, this easy game was made more intriguing by words that could be connected in various ways.",
  "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": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Rockstar plans to let users pre-load GTA VI on November 10, ahead of its November 19 launch, and says the game requires up to 212GB \"depending on your device\" (Emma Roth/The Verge)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/03/rockstar-plans-to-let-users-pre-load-gta-vi-on-november-10-ahead-of",
        "published": "2026-11-03T17:00:55.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}