Looking for another day?
A new new strands puzzle appear at midnight every day for your time zone – which means some people always play ‘Today’s Games’ while others play ‘yesterday’s’. If you are looking for Friday’s puzzle instead Then click here: New beach tip and answer for Friday 16. May (Play #439).
Strands is New’s latest word play after them like Wordle, Spellbi and connections – and it’s fun. However, it can be difficult, so read on for my threads tips.
Want more word -based fun? Then check out my new 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 Warning: Information about new threads today is below, so do not read on if you do not want to know the answers.
New Strands Today (Game #440) – Tip No. 1 – Today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s new threads?
• Today’s new beach -theme is … she has games
New Strands Today (Game #440) – Tip No. 2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the game tip system.
- Rally
- SORT
- VETO
- SEEM
- MASK
- Brut
New Strands Today (Game #440) – Tip No. 3 – Spangram Breeding
How many letters are there at the point of the day?
• Spangram has 10 letters
New Strands Today (Game #440) – Tip No. 4 – Spangramp Dosition
What are two sides of the board that today’s tense touches?
First page: bottom, 4th column
Last Page: Top, 5th Column
Right, the answers are below, so no longer roll if you don’t want to see them.
New Strands Today (Game #440) – The answers
The answers to today’s threads, game #440, is …
- Lynx
- Wings
- STORM
- FREEDOM
- DREAM
- FEVER
- Mercury
- Spanggram: Basketball
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 tip
In my ignorance, I thought we were looking for female gaming characters – and being unknown with game characters male and female, I thought Lynx (which I got from a tip) sounded like an opportunity.
It was only before I tapped out the excitement that Penny was falling and I realized we were looking for WNBA team names to coincide with the start of the 2025 season.
Today’s search did not include the best named and latest team to participate in the League-Golden State Valkyries.
In Norrøn Mythology, a Valkyrie (meaning ‘Voters of the Killed’) is a female figure that guides Souls of the Dead to the god Odin’s Hall Valhalla. I don’t quite know how this is translated into basketball skill, but it sounds good. Maybe they arrive on the track in a long boat.
How did you do today? Tell me that in the comments below.
Yesterday’s new strings answer (Friday 16 May, Game #439)
- Dress
- Photo
- TALK
- DIPLOMA
- Tassel
- Procession
- Spanggram: Graduation
What is new threads?
Strands is Nyt’s non-new-new-more word games after Wordle and connections. It is now a fully expanded member of Nyt’s Games Stable, which has been running for a year and can be played on the new Games website on desktop or mobile.
I have a full guide on how to play new threads, complete with tips to solve it, so check it out if you struggle to beat it every day.
