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 Friday puzzle then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Friday, May 8 (Game #796).
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 #797) – 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 #797) – Clue #2 – Keywords
Play any of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- PEERS
- DIGGER
- GASP
- CHIN
- GUIDE
- TIDES
NYT Strands today (set #797) – track #3 – spangram lyrics
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 13 letters.
NYT Strands today (game #797) – clue #4 – position spangram
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, eighth 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 #797): The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands game number 797 are…
- ARTICHOKE
- LETTUCE
- RADISH
- ONION
- ASPARAGUS
- SPANGRAM: SPRING VEGETABLES
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Initially I thought I was playing yesterday’s game again, but the themes are subtly different: yesterday it was “garden variety” as in common and today it is “garden varieties” as in the many vegetables one can grow in a real garden, specifically in spring.
That was fixed, I saw ARTICHOKE almost immediately. Well that’s a lie, I discovered “suffocation” immediately and then I wondered if it could actually be ARTICHOKE.
After getting LETTUCE, it was all pretty rudimentary, as each word was layered on top of each other in a growing pile, a bit like compost, I guess.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Friday, May 8, Game #796)
- ESSENTIAL
- PROSAIC
- COMMON
- COMMON
- PEDESTRIAN
- SPANGRAM: RUNOFTHEMILL
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.
