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 Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, May 10 (game #433).
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.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
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 #434) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Happy …
NYT Strands today (game #434) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
NYT Strands today (game #434) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #434) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 3rd 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 #434) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #434, are…
- FLOWERS
- BREAKFAST
- PARTY
- HUGS
- CARDS
- DRAWINGS
- SPANGRAM: MOTHERS DAY
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I’m writing this from the UK, where we have Mother’s Day earlier in the year, but it still didn’t take me long to spot the theme here. Mostly that was because I found FLOWERS first, and coupled with the theme clue of ‘Happy…’ it was rather obvious.
Finding the remaining words was more difficult. DRAWINGS, in particular, really surprised me – until I remembered that children give their mothers gifts on this day too, not just old geezers like me.
I’m pretty sure I’ve never made my mum BREAKFAST on MOTHER’S DAY either, but then again she only really eats porridge in the morning, and I don’t think it really works in that regard. “Happy Mother’s Day, mum – here’s a bowl of warmed oats!” Nah, I think she’d prefer FLOWERS and HUGS.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Saturday, May 10, game #433)
- CHORIZO
- SALAMI
- LIVERWURST
- KIELBASA
- ANDOUILLE
- SPANGRAM: SAUSAGES
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.
