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  "id": 9219382,
  "title": "NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, September 23 (game #934)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/nyt-strands-hints-and-answers-for-wednesday-september-23-game-934",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-22T23:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-23-september-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Looking for a different day's NYT Strands puzzle? Some players are always tackling today's game while others tackle yesterday's. If you're after Tuesday's puzzle, click here for hints and answers from Tuesday, September 22 (game #933). Strands is the NYT's latest word game, following in the footsteps of Wordle, Spelling Bee, and Connections. It's both challenging and enjoyable, but here are some hints to help you along the way. For those who love word games, don't forget to check out the NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers, as well as Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game.\n\nSPOILER WARNING: Information about today's NYT Strands game is below, so don't scroll further if you don't want to know the answers.\n\nToday's theme for NYT Strands (game #934) is \"Practically paleolithic.\" What could this theme entail? A practical person following a paleo diet, a very organized dinosaur, or perhaps something more informal, like Bill and Ted-style slacker slang? As it turns out, the theme revolves around things that are old, tired, and out of date, a concept that only became clear with a hint of the word BYGONE.\n\nThe spangram in today's puzzle contains 12 letters and can be found along the left side of the board, starting in the first row and ending in the fifth row on the right side. By using words like THONG, SOLD, PRIMAL, SWORN, CRATE, and CHART, players can unlock the in-game hints system and start solving the puzzle. The spangram in this game is THATSOLDNEWS.\n\nThe answers to today's Strands game (game #934) are BYGONE, ARCHAIC, ANCIENT, PRIMEVAL, TIMEWORN, and SPANGRAM: THATSOLDNEWS. With a difficulty rating of \"Hard\" and a score of 1 hint, this NYT Strands game is sure to test your word skills.",
  "summary": "Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.",
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      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
        "title": "Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, September 23 (game #1703)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/quordle-hints-and-answers-for-wednesday-september-23-game-1703",
        "published": "2026-09-22T23:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "Wordle today: Answer, hints for September 23, 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/wordle-today-answer-hints-for-september-23-2026",
        "published": "2026-09-23T01:00:00.000Z"
      }
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  "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."
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