NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, May 8 (game #796)

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Thu, 07 May 2026 23:00:00 +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 ======================================================================Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Threads Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter 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 7 (game #795) . 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
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24 (game #782) Latest Videos From NYT Strands today (game #796) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is Garden variety NYT Strands today (game #796) - hint #2 - clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. SCRUB RISE TIDE THEME POEM DROID NYT Strands today (game #796) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 12 letters NYT Strands today (game #796) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: top, 2nd column

Last side: bottom, 4th column Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. Today's best Get Better At Wordle deals 22 Amazon customer reviews 4.11 View 6.99 View 10.99 View Show
more We check over 250 million products every day for the best prices NYT Strands today (game #796) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Strands, game #796, are BASIC PROSAIC COMMON ORDINARY PEDESTRIAN SPANGRAM: RUNOFTHEMILL My rating: Hard My score: 1 hint OK, Ill be honest I spent the first minute of this game looking for flowers and, not seeing any, took a hint from my non-game words. Get daily insight,
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BASIC triggered a head slap for not realizing the meaning of garden variety and the damning collection of synonyms for mundane.

From here on in, the game was pretty straightforward indeed, you could
almost say PEDESTRIAN. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Thursday, May 7, game #795) BLESS APPROVE ALLOW LICENCE PERMIT SANCTION SPANGRAM: GIVETHENOD 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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