{
  "id": 19048952,
  "title": "NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, November 9 (game #981)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/nyt-strands-hints-and-answers-for-monday-november-9-game-981",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-09T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-9-november-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a recent NYT Strands puzzle, players were tasked with uncovering words related to a specific theme. Today's theme was \"Idle chatter.\" To unlock helpful hints, players could play any of the following words: SPONGE, GOTH, STORE, BARGE, TABOO, or CHIN. The spangram, a single word spanning the board, contained 14 letters. It touched the left side of the board in the third row and the top side in the fifth column. Some of the answers included BANTER, GOSSIP, CHINWAG, GABFEST, SCHMOOZE, and SPANGRAM: SHOOTTHEBREEZE.",
  "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": 1,
    "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."
}