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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, May 15 (game #803).
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 #804) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Bon appétit
NYT Strands today (game #804) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- STAGE
- CUTE
- RING
- RACE
- NEAR
- FRAME
NYT Strands today (game #804) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters
NYT Strands today (game #804) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 1st row
Last side: right, 7th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #804) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #804, are…
- MOUSSE
- CROISSANT
- ECLAIR
- MACARON
- MERINGUE
- SPANGRAM: FRENCHBAKERY
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Seeing the word “French” along the top row was impossible to ignore making FRENCHBAKERY, one of the easiest-to-spot spangrams I can remember.
From here on in it was simply a case of how much patisserie you are familiar with — as someone who is a fan of TV cooking shows and of eating as many cakes and pastries as possible, I found it all rather easy. That said, I’m sure everyone saw MOUSSE immediately too.
Indeed the biggest challenge of the day was spelling CROISSANT. Actually, scratch that, the biggest challenge of the day is not leaving my desk to go out to buy a CROISSANT.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Friday, May 15, game #803)
- OTTER
- BADGER
- FERRET
- MARTEN
- POLECAT
- WOLVERINE
- SPANGRAM: MUSTELIDS
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.
