Want a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you are looking for Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Thursday, May 7 (Game #795).
Strands is the latest pun from The New York Times after Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s a lot of fun. It can be difficult, though, so keep reading my Strands tips.
SPOILER WARNING: The information on NYT Strands today is below, so don’t continue reading if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #796) – clue #1 – theme of the day
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is…Garden Variety
NYT Strands today (game #796) – clue #2 – clue words
Play one of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- RUB
- INCREASE
- TIDE
- THEME
- POEM
- DROID
NYT Strands today (game #796) – clue #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters
NYT Strands today (game #796) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the picture that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 2nd column
Last side: bottom, 4th column
That’s right, 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 #796, are…
- BASIC
- PROSAIC
- COMMON
- ORDINARY
- PEDESTRIAN
- SPANGRAM: RUNOFTHEMILL
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 clue
OK, I’ll be honest: I spent the first minute of this game looking for flowers and, seeing none, took a clue from my non-game words.
BASIC sparked a slap in the face for not understanding the meaning of “garden variety” and the overwhelming collection of synonyms for commonplace.
From there, the game was pretty straightforward – in fact, you could almost say PEDESTRIAN.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Thursday May 7, Thu #795)
- BLESS
- APPROVE
- ALLOW
- LICENSE
- PERMIT
- SANCTION
- SPANGRAM: GIVETHENOD
What are NYT Strands?
Strands is the not-so-new pun from The New York Times, after Wordle and Connections. It’s now a full member of the year-old NYT games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a complete guide on how to play NYT Strands, with tips for solving it, so check it out if you’re struggling to beat it every day.
