NYT Strands Today – Hints, Answers and Spangram for Tuesday May 14 (Game #72)
Your Tuesday episode of the NYT’s Strands game is here, and your challenge as always is to find the hidden answers in the letter grid. The game is still in beta, so keep playing and the NYT will hopefully give it full status in time.
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 #72) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… On-board
NYT Strands Today (Game #72) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
What are good keywords these days?
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
• PURSUIT
• CAUSE
• REACH
• SIGHT
• STUT
NYT Strands today (game #72) – hint #3 – spangram
What’s a hint for today’s spangram?
• Smorgasbord?
NYT Strands Today (Game #72) – Hint #4 – Spangram Position
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram comes into contact with?
• First: left, 3rd row
• Last: right, 8th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #72) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #72, are…
- FRUIT
- SQUATTER
- NUTS
- OLIVE
- BRIE
- SALAMI
- SCATTER
- SPANGRAM: CHARCUTERIE
- My score: Stupid
- My score: Two tips
I have a few questions about today’s Strands puzzle. Maybe this is sour grapes (pardon the pun?), but it seems like a flawed concept to me.
First, why are some answers multiple and others not? CRACKER is included in its singular form. Would you only get one cracker on a charcuterie board? Ditto OLIVE. I seriously doubt there has ever been a single olive in the history of charcuterie. That would be fine if they were all singular – but NUTS is plural.
Second, what the heck is SPREAD? Cheese spread? Butter? What is it doing here? Is this a cultural difference between Britain (where I am) and the US? To me, the answers here just seem like a random collection of foods that you could put together if you wanted to. Why not throw in some potato or porridge or roast pheasant or unicorn steaks? What’s the connection here?
Anyway, maybe you found it easier. By all means, email and tell me what I’m missing.
How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Monday May 13, Game #71)
- DOG
- BOXER
- HUSK
- COLLIE
- POODLE
- BROKE
- SHEPHERD
- SPANGRAM: DOGPILE
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.