NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, May 12 (game #800)

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Mon, 11 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 Monday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, May 11 (game #799) . 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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and answers for Tuesday, May 5 (game #793) NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, May 8 (game #796) NYT Strands today (game #800) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is Quite the pair NYT Strands today (game #800) - hint #2 - clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. CURE POEM CATS RAIL YEARS STOP NYT Strands today (game #800) - hint
#3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 10 letters NYT Strands today (game #800) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: left, 4th row

Last side: right, 4th row 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
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more We check over 250 million products every day for the best prices NYT Strands today (game #800) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Strands, game #800, are TUXEDO PALAZZO HAREM GAUCHO TOREADOR SAILOR SPANGRAM: FANCYPANTS My rating: Hard My score: 2 hints Rare letters are always a good place to start a Strands search, but TUXEDO left me a little baffled as I associate it with shirts and the theme quite the pair didnt seem to go with that. Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Contact me with news and offers from other Future brands Receive email from
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The other rare letters on the board a double-Z, no less were the key to finally getting me going. Not that I am exotic enough to know anyone who owns a pair of them, but I now knew after getting PALAZZO that we were looking for types of pants; or, to be precise (as I soon discovered via the spangram), FANCYPANTS.

My fancy pant knowledge is not the best, so I opted for hints to get me the next couple of trousers and from here on in I was able to shimmy my way to a conclusion.

Can the world, I wonder, be divided between those who own and those who would never be seen dead in FANCYPANTS? Quite possibly. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Monday, May 11, game #799) JUMBLE HODGEPODGE VARIETY MISHMASH RAGBAG SPANGRAM: ODDSANDENDS 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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