Looking for a different day?
A new NEW Strands puzzle pops up 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 7 (Game #795).
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 #796) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NEW Strands theme is… Garden variation
NEW Strands Today (Game #796) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- SCRUB
- STICK
- TIDE
- THEME
- POEM
- DROID
NEW Strands today (game #796) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters
NEW Strands today (game #796) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: top, 2nd column
Last page: bottom, 4th column
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #796) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #796, are…
- BASIC
- PROSAIC
- COMMON
- COMMON
- PEDESTRIAN
- SPANGRAM: RUNOFTHEMILL
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 tip
OK, I’ll be honest – I spent the first minute of this game looking for flowers, and when I didn’t see any, I took a hint from my non-game words.
BASIC elicited a head clap for not realizing the meaning of “garden variety” and the damning collection of synonyms for mundane.
From here on in the game was pretty straightforward – well, you could almost say PEDESTRIAN.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Thursday, May 7, Game #795)
- BLESS
- APPROVE
- ALLOW
- LICENSE
- PERMISSION
- SANCTION
- SPANGRAM: GIVETHENOD
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’re struggling to beat it every day.
