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’re looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Tuesday, May 5 (Game #793).
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.
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NYT Strands today (game #794) – clue #1 – theme of the day
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• The theme of today’s NYT Strands is… Get Up and Go!
NYT Strands today (game #794) – clue #2 – clue words
Play one of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- LADY
- MAIN
- SAILS
- CLAIM
- BUCKET
- RISK
NYT Strands today (game #794) – clue #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters
NYT Strands today (game #794) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the picture that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 6th row
Last side: right, 1st 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 #794) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #794, are…
- TO GO UP
- CLIMB
- TO GO UP
- GLOW
- SHIMMER
- RADIATE
- SPANGRAM: RISE AND SHINE
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
Yesterday we had DIGITALCLOCK and today we have RISEANDSHINE. Is anyone at the New York Times getting subliminal messages about being late via Strands, I wonder? Or maybe it’s just a coincidence…
Regardless, it was a great game to exercise the brain at the start of the day with some of the more obvious tricky spots like SOAR in the key board position in the top left corner.
In the meantime, please tell me I wasn’t the only one who missed the fact that the diagonal spangram divided the game into two sets of words: rising on one side and shining on the other.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Tuesday May 5, Match #793)
- ALARM
- SLEEP
- TIME
- RADIO
- DATE
- DISPLAY
- TUNER
- SPANGRAM: DIGITAL CLOCK
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.
