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 21 (Game #809).
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.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections Today and Quordle Today pages for tips and answers on these games, as well as Marc’s Wordle Today page for the original viral word game.
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 #810) – clue #1 – theme of the day
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Put down your ruler
NYT Strands today (game #810) – clue #2 – clue words
Play one of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- TO SAFEGUARD
- BITES
- TIGHTNESS
- STICK
- MOTH
- WING
NYT Strands today (game #810) – clue #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 6 letters
NYT Strands today (game #810) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the picture that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 5th row
Last side: right, 5th row
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #810) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #810, are…
- BOUNDLESS
- VAST
- EPIC
IMMENSE - HUGE
- ASTRONOMICAL
- SPANGRAM: ITSBIG
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 clue
Today’s search was for words describing something huge, linked by the ironically small spangram ITSBIG.
Before I properly started today’s game, I wasted a ridiculous amount of time trying to connect the word pistachio. After abandoning that quest, I saw BOUNDLESS, but I still wasn’t sure of the theme, so I took a hint – which made me feel really stupid for not spotting the theme.
Today’s search contains one of my most hated words, WHOPPING, which is only used by journalists in connection with large amounts of money. It’s such a cliché word. It’s supposed to indicate that the sum in question is incredibly huge, but if that’s the case, why do we need the word HUGE in front to tell us that, surely its enormity would already be obvious – after all, “a million dollars” is exactly the same thing as “a HUGE million dollars”. It’s a very low level irritation, I admit!
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Thursday, May 21, Match #809)
- WOOL
- SATIN
- VELVET
- COTTON
- SILK
- JEANS
- FLEECE
- LINEN
- SPANGRAM: FABRICS
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.
