Looking for a different day?
A new NEW Strands puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people always play ‘today’s game’ while others play ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for the Tuesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Hints and Answers for Tuesday, May 5 (Game #793).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game, following the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult though, so read on for my Strands tips.
SPOILER ALERT: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
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NEW Strands today (game #794) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NEW Strands theme is… Get up and go!
NEW Strands Today (Game #794) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- LADY
- MAIN
- SAIL
- REQUIREMENTS
- PAIL
- RISK
NEW Strands today (game #794) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters
NEW Strands today (game #794) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: left, 6th row
Last page: right, 1st row
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #794) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #794, are…
- SLEEP
- CLIMB
- CLIMB
- YESTERDAY
- SHIMMER
- JET
- SPANGRAM: RISEANDSHINE
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Yesterday we had DIGITALCLOCK and today we have RISEANDSHINE. Is anyone at the NYT receiving subliminal messages about their tardiness via Strands, I wonder? Or maybe it’s just a coincidence…
Regardless, this was a great game to get the brain working at the start of the day with a few tricky spots among the more obvious ones like SOAR in the key position of the board in the top left corner.
Meanwhile, please tell me I wasn’t the only one who missed the fact that the diagonal spangram split the game into two sets of words – rising on one side and shining on the other.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Tuesday, May 5, Game #793)
- ALARM
- SNOOZE
- TIME
- RADIO
- DATE
- SHOW
- TUNER
- SPANGRAM: DIGITAL CLOCK
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-anymore word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a full-fledged member of NYT’s game stable that’s been running for a year and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a full guide on how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips to solve it, so check it out if you struggle to beat it every day.
