NYT Strands today – hints, answers and spangram for Thursday May 9 (game #67)
Welcome to the current edition of the NYT’s Strands game, where your job is to discover words hidden in a grid of letters. What’s special is that they all follow a theme, and one – called the ‘spangram’ – describes that theme. It can be quite tricky, but I’ve included some tips below to help you get 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 #67) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Tap to play
NYT Strands Today (Game #67) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
What are good keywords these days?
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
• BAND
• DISH
• MEDAL
• IN BOLD
• LION
• FALL
• FLEET
NYT Strands today (game #67) – hint #3 – spangram
What’s a hint for today’s spangram?
• Easy said
NYT Strands Today (Game #67) – Hint #4 – Spangram Position
Which two sides of the board do today’s spangrams touch?
• First: left, 3rd row
• Second: right, 6th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #67) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #67, are…
- TUNNEL
- WATERFALL
- BOULDER
- SLOPE
- CASTLE
- WINDMILL
- SPANGRAM: MINI GOLF
- My score: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
This one was all about solving the spangram. Without that it was very difficult; that makes it much, much easier. The theme clue made sense once you knew the answer was MINI GOLF, but was stupid enough not to completely give the game away. I blundered around for a while not knowing what was going on, and picked up TUNNEL and WATERFALL because they were easy to spot on the board, but I had no idea what the others might be.
I toyed with it having something to do with rivers or landscapes, but couldn’t get the clue to work properly, and it wasn’t until I added BOULDER, also by accident, that MINIGOLF became clear. After that the others were easy to pick.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Wednesday May 8, Game #66)
- BINARY
- WHOLE
- HAPPY
- BACON
- DANCE
- SERIAL
- TELEPHONE
- SPANGRAM: NUMBERS
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.