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 Sunday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Tips and Answers for Sunday, May 17 (Game #805).
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 #806) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… The daily challenge
NEW Strands Today (Game #806) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- SURE
- MULE
- CAMEL
- POLE
- GATE
- MOSQUITO
NEW Strands today (game #806) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 6 letters
NEW Strands today (game #806) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: left, 3rd row
Last page: right, 8th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #806) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #806, are…
- ORANGE
- CLEMENTINE
- LIME
- KUMQUAT
- POMELO
- TANGERINE
- SPANGRAM: CITRUS
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Another easy game, although made slightly more difficult with the elimination of the most common CITRUS fruit, the lemon.
Instead of lemon, we had two less spotted fruits: KUMQUAT, which is like a miniature orange and is often used to make jam, and POMELO, a pomegranate-melon hybrid, which took me a few times to get because I kept trying to connect it as polemo.
After finishing the game, I was excited to discover that the polemo actually exists and is famous (although not that famous, of course) for being the largest citrus fruit.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Sunday, May 17, Game #805)
- Scoreboard
- LANES
- PINS
- BALLS
- LOUNGE
- ARCADE
- SPANGRAM: BOWLINGALLEY
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.
