NYT's latest word game

Strands is the New York Times' latest word game after Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections. It can be difficult but offers hints to help players solve it.

Game number nine thirty

Today's puzzle is game number nine thirty for Saturday, September nineteenth. A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone.

Today's theme revealed

The theme of today's NYT Strands puzzle is Shiver me timbers, a pirate-themed challenge for players to work through.

“Shiver me timbers!”

Hints available

TechRadar provides four hints to help solve the puzzle: today's theme, clue words, spangram letters and spangram position.

Other NYT games

Players looking for more word-based fun can check out NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.

Find yesterday's puzzle

If you're looking for Friday's puzzle instead, you can click through to NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, September eighteen, game number nine twenty-nine.