Are you looking for a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone, which means some people are always playing “today’s game” while others play “yesterday’s.” If instead you are looking for the Sunday puzzle then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Sunday, May 17 (Game #805).
Strands is the latest NYT word game after Wordle, Spelling Bee, and Connections, and it’s a lot of fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands suggestions.
SPOILER WARNING: Today’s NYT Strands info is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands Today (Game #806) – Track #1 – Today’s Topic
What’s the topic of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands topic is… The Daily Crust
NYT Strands Today (Game #806) – Clue #2 – Keywords
Play any of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- SURE
- MULE
- CAMEL
- POLE
- DOOR
- MOSQUITO
NYT Strands today (set #806) – track #3 – spangram lyrics
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 6 letters.
NYT Strands today (game #806) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, third row
Last side: right, eighth row
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #806): The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands game #806 are…
- ORANGE
- TANGERINE
- LIME
- CHINESE ORANGE
- GRAPEFRUIT
- TANGERINE
- SPANGRAM: CITRUS
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Another easy game, although it was a little complicated with the elimination of the most common CITRUS, the lemon.
Instead of the lemon we had two fruits with fewer spots: the KUMQUAT, which is like a miniature orange and is often used to make jam, and GRAPEFRUIT, a pomegranate-melon hybrid that took me a couple of tries because I kept trying to connect it as poleme.
After finishing the game I was excited to discover that the polemo actually exists and is famous (although not that famous, obviously) for being the largest citrus fruit.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Strands (Sunday, May 17, Game #805)
- MARKER
- LANES
- PAWS
- BALLS
- LOUNGE
- ARCADE
- SPANGRAM: BOLIVIA
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new word game, after Wordle and Connections. It is now a full member of the NYT Games group that has been running for a year and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a complete guide on how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check it out if you’re struggling to beat it every day.
