NYT Strands Today – Hints, Answers and Spangram for Thursday May 2 (Game #60)
Another day, another chance to solve the NYT’s excruciatingly difficult new word game Strands. Okay, maybe “devilishly difficult” is an exaggeration – but it can certainly be tough. If you’re a little baffled by today’s game, you can scroll down for some hopefully helpful tips to get you started.
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 #60) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… What’s my line?
NYT Strands Today (Game #60) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
What are good keywords these days?
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
• BRAIN
• SHIP
• KNOCK
• CLOWN
• FISH
• JOKE
NYT Strands today (game #60) – hint #3 – spangram
What’s a hint for today’s spangram?
• You will not discover this pattern
NYT Strands Today (Game #60) – Hint #4 – Spangram Position
Where does today’s spangram begin and end?
• Start: left, 7th row
• End: right, 2nd row
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #60) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #60, are…
- CLOWN FISH
- SKUNK
- OWNER
- TIGER
- BUMBLEBEE
- ZEBRA
- SPANGRAM: STRIPED
- My score: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
I blame myself (a little) for my difficulties solving today’s Strands puzzle. The clue – What is my sentence? – is kind of stupid, admittedly, but when I discovered CLOWNFISH early on, I should have put two and two together. Instead – and please take it easy, I was feeling a little tired playing – I stuck around because I thought it was a reference to Finding Nemo. I know, I know…but at the time it seemed to fit.
My task wasn’t helped by finding SKUNK and then CHIPMUNK, as I wouldn’t associate either with being striped. In fact, they further convinced me that this was something about animated animals. What a fool.
It wasn’t until I discovered TIGER and BUMBLEBEE – purely by chance at this stage – that things became clearer. By now I had revealed so much of the board that I could hardly miss STRIPED, and the other answers followed shortly after.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Wednesday, May 1, Game #59)
- THIMBLE
- IRON
- SHIP
- WHEELBARROW
- RACE CAR
- PENGUIN
- SPANGRAM: MONOPOLY
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.