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 Monday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Hints and Answers for Monday, May 18 (Game #806).
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.
NEW Strands today (game #807) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NEW Strands theme is… On the way up
NEW Strands Today (Game #807) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- MOCK
- HULL
- STICK
- ROLL
- GREEK
- DIRGE
NEW Strands today (game #807) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters
NEW Strands today (game #807) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: bottom, 1st column
Last page: bottom, 3rd column
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #807) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #807, are…
- HIGH
- TRAY
- KNOLL
- SLOPE
- BACK
- BUTTE
- HUMP
- SPANGRAM: HIGHER GROUND
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I had never heard of the word HUMMOCK before, but then I don’t frequent peat bogs that much, so I think I can be forgiven. It is a good word to say though.
The rest of the words that describe HIGHERGROUND I’m more familiar with, especially since I’m currently training for a very hilly long distance bike ride in September and trying to build the ability to get up any HILL without moaning, groaning and stopping. As a consequence, I am recalibrating some things that I used to consider hills as now just an ACTION.
Meanwhile, BUTTE took me a while as I initially thought it only had a T – which would instead be the rather rugged Scottish island, which I have discovered via a Google search contains a large number of humps.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Monday, May 18, Game #806)
- ORANGE
- CLEMENTINE
- LIME
- KUMQUAT
- POMELO
- TANGERINE
- SPANGRAM: CITRUS
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.
