NYT Strands today – hints, answers and spangram for Friday May 3 (game #61)
It’s time for another daily dose of NYT’s Strands, the new(ish) word game where you have to find the theme answers within a grid of letters. Yes, it can be tough sometimes, but we all love a challenge, right? And if not, you can scroll down for some hints and the answers.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about today’s NYT Strands is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #61) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… A shadow jealous?
NYT Strands Today (Game #61) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
What are good keywords these days?
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
• POSIT
• LOVE
• TICKLING
• JUICE
• SHELVING
• SPORT
NYT Strands today (game #61) – hint #3 – spangram
What’s a hint for today’s spangram?
• Eat them to stay healthy
NYT Strands Today (Game #61) – Hint #4 – Spangram Position
Where does today’s spangram begin and end?
• Start: left, 6th row
• End: right, 5th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #61) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #61, are…
- JUNGLE
- PISTACHIO
- FOREST
- OLIVE
- ARTICHOKE
- EMERALD
- SPANGRAM: GREEN
- My score: Simple
- My score: Perfect
This was a fun, simple Strands game to end the work week (for me, at least). The theme clue really gave the game away – the combination of ‘shadow’ and ‘jealous’ immediately suggested ‘green’ to me, so I searched for that and immediately found the spangram. Now that the board is divided in half, the permutations for each letter have been reduced, and it was a simple job to find PISTACHIO and JUNGLE at the bottom, and FOREST and EMERALD at the top.
For some reason it took me a while to use OLIVE, and I don’t know if ARTICHOKE would have even occurred to me if the board hadn’t been so filled out by the time I got there, but overall this was an easy choice.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Thursday May 2, Game #60)
- CLOWN FISH
- SKUNK
- OWNER
- TIGER
- BUMBLEBEE
- ZEBRA
- SPANGRAM: STRIPED
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s new word game, after Wordle and Connections. It is currently in beta and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a full guide to playing NYT Strands, complete with troubleshooting tips, so give that a read if you’re struggling to beat it every day.