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 you are instead looking for the Thursday puzzle then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Thursday, May 7 (Game #795).
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 (set #796) – track #1 – today’s topic
What’s the topic of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands topic is… Garden Variety
NYT Strands Today (Game #796) – Clue #2 – Keywords
Play any of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- SCRUB
- RAISE
- TIDE
- ISSUE
- POEM
- DROID
NYT Strands today (set #796) – track #3 – spangram lyrics
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters.
NYT Strands today (game #796) – clue #4 – position spangram
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, second column
Last side: below, fourth column
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #796): The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands game number 796 are…
- ESSENTIAL
- PROSAIC
- COMMON
- COMMON
- PEDESTRIAN
- SPANGRAM: RUNOFTHEMILL
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 track
Well, I’ll be honest: I spent the first minute of this game looking for flowers and, seeing none, took a hint from my words outside the game.
BASIC caused a slap on the head for not realizing the meaning of “garden variety” and the damning collection of synonyms for mundane.
From here on out, the game was pretty straightforward; in fact, you could almost say PEDESTRIAN.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Thursday, May 7, Game #795)
- BLESS
- APPROVE
- ALLOW
- LICENSE
- PERMISSION
- SANCTION
- SPANGRAM: DARTENODO
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.
