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 Monday puzzle then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Monday, May 18 (Game #806).
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 #807) – Track #1 – Today’s Topic
What’s the topic of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands topic is… On the rise
NYT Strands Today (Game #807) – Clue #2 – Keywords
Play any of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- MOCK
- PEEL
- PUT
- ROLL
- GREEK
- DIRGE
NYT Strands today (set #807) – track #3 – spangram lyrics
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters.
NYT Strands today (game #807) – clue #4 – position spangram
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: below, 1st column
Last side: below, third column
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #807): The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands game #807 are…
- MOUND
- HILL
- KNOLL
- EARRING
- CREST
- BUTTE
- MOUND
- SPANGRAM: HIGHEST GROUND
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I had never heard of the word HUMMOCK before, but I don’t frequent that many peat bogs either, so I think I can be forgiven. It’s a big word to say though.
I’m more familiar with the rest of the words that describe TOP TERRAIN, especially since I’m currently training for a very hilly long-distance bike ride in September and trying to develop the ability to climb any HILL without complaining, complaining, or stopping. As a result, I am recalibrating some things that I used to consider hills and that are now a mere SLOPE.
Meanwhile, BUTTE took me a little while because at first I thought it only had one T, which would be the rather rugged Scottish island that I discovered through a Google search that contains a lot of mounds.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Monday, May 18, Game #806)
- ORANGE
- TANGERINE
- LIME
- CHINESE ORANGE
- GRAPEFRUIT
- TANGERINE
- SPANGRAM: CITRUS
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.
