Looking for a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, May 9 (game #797).
Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #798) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… We all saw it
NYT Strands today (game #798) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- BOATER
- SOUR
- TRIES
- CRUST
- CRAB
- TURN
NYT Strands today (game #798) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 8 letters
NYT Strands today (game #798) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 3rd column
Last side: top, 4th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #798) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #798, are…
- OVERT
- BRAZEN
- GLARING
- BLATANT
- OBVIOUS
- FLAGRANT
- SPANGRAM: CLEARCUT
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
Do you ever have those days where you just don’t get on with Strands and fail to see any words at all?
I had one of those days today, needed a hint to get going and a lot of effort to eventually complete the search. Often when this is the case it’s because I don’t understand the theme, but that wasn’t the case here, especially after being given OVERT and BRAZEN. In short it was all far from OBVIOUS.
Perhaps my late night binge watching Pluribus has something to do with it. Frankly, I could have done with a hive mind.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday, May 9, game #797)
- ARTICHOKE
- LETTUCE
- RADISH
- ONION
- ASPARAGUS
- SPANGRAM: SPRINGVEGGIES
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT's not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I've got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.