If you’re perusing this, you’re looking for help with Strands, the New York Times‘ elegant word-search puzzle.
Strands presents players with a variation on the classic word search. Words can be constructed from linked letters in any orientation, including diagonals, and can alter direction, forming distinctive shapes and patterns. Each letter in the grid contributes to a solution. There’s always a theme tying together each answer, along with the “spangram,” a particular word or phrase that represents the day’s theme and stretches across the entire grid either horizontally or vertically.
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By providing an ambiguous hint and leaving out the word list, Strands delivers a mentally challenging experience that often takes more time to complete than games like Wordle and Connections.
If you find yourself at a standstill or don’t have 10 or more minutes to tackle today’s puzzle, we have all the NYT Strands hints necessary for you to move forward at your own speed.
Wordle today: Solution, hints for May 30
NYT Connections hints today: Clues, solutions for May 30
NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: And here’s the twist…
The terms are related to sports.
Today’s NYT Strands theme simply clarified
These terms refer to common roles in sports.
NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?
Today’s NYT Strands spangram runs horizontally.
NYT Strands spangram answer today
Today’s spangram is Soccer