NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Monday, May 6 (game #64)
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Another week, another Strands puzzle to try to solve. Today’s is of average difficulty… but the average here is hard compared to most word games, so you might want some help. I can provide that, in the form of some hints below, plus the answers and my commentary on today’s Strands.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief and has been obsessed with Wordle and its ilk for more than two years. He’s authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar, including a dailytoday’s Wordle answercolumn and a detailedanalysis of the most common letters in Wordle in every position. He’s alsoplayed every Wordle ever and only lost onceand yes, he takes it all too seriously.
NYT Strands today (game #64) - hint #1 - today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
•Today’s NYT Strands theme is…Signed, Sealed, Delivered
NYT Strands today (game #64) - hint #2 - clue words
What are some good clue words today?
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
•AGAIN
•DRAIN
•PACK
•PAIN
•SIZE
•GAZE
NYT Strands today (game #64) - hint #3 - spangram
What is a hint for today’s spangram?
•Open the box
NYT Strands today (game #64) - hint #4 - spangram position
Where does today’s spangram start and end?
•Start: right, 4th row
•End: left, 3rd row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #64) - the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #64, are…
Though this Strands puzzle is not incredibly hard, it does have a more difficult spangram than most. SNAILMAIL as a term is now relatively widely used, sure, but it still seems a lot more informal than we’ve come to expect from Strands.
Otherwise, it’s not too bad. I really struggled to find MAGAZINE – it just wasn’t something I thought of as an item that gets delivered in the mail – but POSTCARD, PACKAGE and LETTER were all pretty easy.
How did you do today?Send me an emailand let me know.
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Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Sunday 5 May, game #63)
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s currently in Beta and can be played on theNYT Games siteon desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide tohow to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief, the latest in a long line of senior editorial roles he’s held in a career that started the week that Google launched (nice of them to mark the occasion). Prior to joining TR, he was UK Editor in Chief on Tom’s Guide, where he oversaw all gaming, streaming, audio, TV, entertainment, how-to and cameras coverage. He’s also a former editor of the tech website Stuff and spent five years at the music magazine NME, where his duties mainly involved spoiling other people’s fun. He’s based in London, and has tested and written about phones, tablets, wearables, streaming boxes, smart home devices, Bluetooth speakers, headphones, games, TVs, cameras and pretty much every other type of gadget you can think of. An avid photographer, Marc likes nothing better than taking pictures of very small things (bugs, his daughters) or very big things (distant galaxies). He also enjoys live music, gaming, cycling, and beating Wordle (he authors the dailyWordle todaypage).
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