NYT Strands today – hints, answers and spangram for Saturday May 4 (game #62)
Your Saturday Strands is here, ready to test your brainpower as you try to discover hidden words within a grid of letters. Today’s puzzle really isn’t that bad, but if you’re struggling with the solutions, scroll down for my tips – and keep going for my commentary.
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 #62) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… The horror
NYT Strands Today (Game #62) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
What are good keywords these days?
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
• SCORE
• LOVE
• WET SNOW
• SPAT
• HOST
• OVERT
NYT Strands today (game #62) – hint #3 – spangram
What’s a hint for today’s spangram?
• Watch with the lights on
NYT Strands Today (Game #62) – Hint #4 – Spangram Position
Where does today’s spangram begin and end?
• Start: bottom, 4th column
• End: top, 2nd column
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #62) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #62, are…
- PSYCHO
- POLTERGEIST
- HALLOWEEN
- INN
- SCREAM
- SPANGRAM: SCARY MOVIE
- My score: Simple
- My score: Perfect
This was a fairly simple Strands puzzle. Part of that was because the theme was something close to my heart, which was horror films. I looked at all the answers, and many more, which certainly helped me solve the problem. But it also took advantage of some of the letter placement, which made it easier to find the words. Take PSYCHO in the bottom left corner: in that corner of the board there is a grid of six consonants, meaning the ways in which the letters can be combined have been drastically reduced. I was therefore able to find that answer with little difficulty, which – together with the theme hint of ‘The Horror’ – confirmed what I was looking for. After that, the task was just a matter of racking my brain for classic horror films. POLTERGEIST was the only somewhat difficult one, simply because I couldn’t spell it…
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Friday May 3, Game #61)
- JUNGLE
- PISTACHIO
- FOREST
- OLIVE
- ARTICHOKE
- EMERALD
- SPANGRAM: GREEN
- 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.