NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, May 16 (game #439)

Date:
Thu, 15 May 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking for a different day? 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
Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, May 15 (game #438) .

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 #439) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is To a degree NYT Strands today (game #439) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. CHIP CHEEP SPORES SINS SORT RACES NYT Strands today (game #439) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 10 letters NYT Strands today (game #439) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: left, 8th row

Last side: right, 1st row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #439) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #439, are GOWN PHOTO SPEECH DIPLOMA TASSEL PROCESSION SPANGRAM: GRADUATION My rating: Easy My score: Perfect

There are many universal traditions associated with GRADUATION ceremonies, from paying far too much to hire a GOWN to posing for a PHOTO that will be given pride of place in your parents' house until the zombie apocalypse and even then itll still be there, just with added cobwebs and a splatter of
green blood.

There is also a whole legend surrounding the tassels on the mortarboard hat. Traditionally, tassels are worn on the right side and moved to the left
during a special portion of the ceremony for high-school graduates. For college graduates, Bachelors again wear tassels on the right side until their degrees are conferred, then move to left.

Goodness knows what might happen to you if you move your tassel from the left to the right maybe you get burdened with a lifetime of debt or something awful like that. Erm, hang on a sec

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Thursday, May 15, game #438) BEETLE BRONCO MUSTANG RABBIT IMPALA JAGUAR SPANGRAM: AUTOMOBILES 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 h ow to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.



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