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 Thursday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Hints and Answers for Thursday, May 21 (Game #809).
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.
Want more word-based fun? So check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle Today pages for tips and answers to these games, and Marc’s Wordle Today page for the original viral word game.
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 #810) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NEW Strands theme is… Put down your ruler
NEW Strands Today (Game #810) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- SAVE
- BITES
- BANG
- DRESS UP
- MYTH
- WING
NEW Strands today (game #810) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 6 letters
NEW Strands today (game #810) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: left, 5th row
Last page: right, 5th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #810) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #810, are…
- BOUNDLESS
- BIG
- EPIC
IMMENSE - REMEMBER
- ASTRONOMICAL
- SPANGRAM: ITSBIG
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 tip
Today’s search was for words that describe something enormous, tied together with the ironically small spangram ITSBIG.
Before starting today’s game properly, I wasted a ridiculous amount of time trying to connect the word pistachio. After giving up on this quest, I saw AWESOME, but was still unsure of the theme, so I got a hint – which made me feel really stupid for not spotting the theme.
Today’s search contains one of my most hated words in WHOPPING, which is only ever used by news reporters in connection with large amounts of money. It’s such a cliche word. It’s supposed to indicate that the amount in question is staggeringly huge, but if that’s the case, why do we need to use the word WHOPPING in front of it to tell us, surely its enormity would already be obvious – after all, “a million dollars” is exactly the same as “a WHOPPING one million dollars”. It’s a very low level annoyance, I must admit!
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Thursday, May 21, Game #809)
- WOOL
- SATIN
- VELVET
- COTTON
- SILK
- DENIM
- FLEECE
- LINEN
- FRAME: FABRIC
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.
