A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, May 21 (game #809).
Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #810) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Put down your ruler
NYT Strands today (game #810) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- SAVE
- BITES
- PANG
- PASTE
- MITE
- WING
NYT Strands today (game #810) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 6 letters
NYT Strands today (game #810) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: left, 5th row
Last side: right, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY 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 - WHOPPING
- ASTRONOMIC
- SPANGRAM: ITSBIG
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
Today’s search was for words that describe something enormous, tied together with the ironically small spangram ITSBIG.
Before properly starting today’s game I wasted a ridiculous amount of time trying to link together the word pistachio. After abandoning this quest I saw BOUNDLESS, but was still uncertain of the theme, so took a hint — which made me feel really silly for not spotting the theme.
Today’s search contains one of my most hated words in WHOPPING, which is only ever used by news reporters in connection with large quantities of money. It is such a cliched word. It is meant to indicate that the sum in question is staggeringly enormous, but if that’s the case then why do we need the word WHOPPING in front of it to tell us, surely its enormity would be evident already — after all, “one million dollars” is exactly the same as “a WHOPPING one million dollars”. It’s a very low-level irritation, I’ll admit!
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Thursday, May 21, game #809)
- WOOL
- SATIN
- VELVET
- COTTON
- SILK
- DENIM
- FLEECE
- LINEN
- SPANGRAM: FABRICS
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT's not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I've got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.
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