The weekend is the perfect time to play the NYT Strands game, because you don't have to worry about work and can therefore spend as much time as you want solving it! Unless you work today, of course, which is very possible. If so, I'm sorry I made you feel worse about it. Please take my suggestions for today's game as an apology.
SPOILER WARNING: Today's NYT Strands info is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #76) – track #1 – today's topic
What's the topic of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands topic is… Part of the equation
NYT Strands Today (Game #76) – Clue #2 – Keywords
What are some good keywords today?
Play any of these words to unlock the game's hint system.
• REEDY
• LEVER
• TALE
• CLAM
• DIVING
• BORED
NYT Strands today (game #76) – clue #3 – spangram
What's a clue for today's spangram?
• summarizing
NYT Strands today (game #76) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
• First: left, 1st row
• Last: right, 4th row
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #76): The Answers
The answers to today's Strands game number 76 are…
- SPLIT
- MULTIPLY
- CALCULATE
- SUBTRACT
- DERIVE
- SPANGRAM: MATHEMATICS
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: Perfect
A surprisingly difficult Strands puzzle nowadays, considering there are limited options once you know what the theme is. Much of that difficulty comes from the fact that there are only five answers plus the spangram, and that almost all of them are fairly long words that require a bit of deselection. Even those that aren't (DERIVE and DIVIDE are the shortest, at six characters each) fooled me for quite a while, because I couldn't figure out how to construct the word from the letters on offer. Too many Es, Is and Vs!
However, it's a Strands puzzle that you can solve through a combination of brute force and knowing what the likely answers are, and there really are so many once you realize it's math involved.
As was your day? Send me an email and let me know.
Answers from yesterday's NYT Strands (Friday, May 17, Game #75)
- TOOTHPICK
- MITTEN
- GRIPPER
- BOOKEND
- TONGO
- TO THE
- EAR PLUG
- SPANGRAM: PAIR
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT's new word game, after Wordle and Connections. It is currently in Beta and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a complete guide on how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check it out if you're struggling to beat it every day.
