A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, May 11 (game #434).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #435) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… A little respect
NYT Strands today (game #435) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
TRUEMASTPOINTPOUTSTANDTREE
NYT Strands today (game #435) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #435) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: right, 1st row
Last side: left, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #435) – the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today’s Strands, game #435, are…
STANDINGCHARACTERREPUTATIONSTATURENAMESPANGRAM: STREET CRED
My rating: EasyMy score: Perfect
I’ve never had STREET CRED, which is probably why it took me a little while to solve today’s Strands puzzle. Not that it was super tough – the fact that there were only five answers to find, plus the Spangram, made it relatively straightforward once I got going.
The problem was that it took me ages to find the first word. When I did, identifying STANDING by chance, that gave me the hint that I needed and after that it was just a question of trial and error.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Sunday, May 11, game #434)
FLOWERSBREAKFASTPARTYHUGSCARDSDRAWINGSSPANGRAM: MOTHERS DAY
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.