Looking for a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, May 7 (game #795).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #796) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Garden variety
NYT Strands today (game #796) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- SCRUB
- RISE
- TIDE
- THEME
- POEM
- DROID
NYT Strands today (game #796) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters
NYT Strands today (game #796) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 2nd column
Last side: bottom, 4th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #796) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #796, are…
- BASIC
- PROSAIC
- COMMON
- ORDINARY
- PEDESTRIAN
- SPANGRAM: RUNOFTHEMILL
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
OK, I’ll be honest — I spent the first minute of this game looking for flowers and, not seeing any, took a hint from my non-game words.
BASIC triggered a head slap for not realizing the meaning of “garden variety” and the damning collection of synonyms for mundane.
From here on in, the game was pretty straightforward — indeed, you could almost say PEDESTRIAN.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday, May 7, game #795)
- BLESS
- APPROVE
- ALLOW
- LICENCE
- PERMIT
- SANCTION
- SPANGRAM: GIVETHENOD
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
