Your Tuesday installment of the NYT Strands game is here and your challenge, as always, is to find the answers hidden within the grid of letters. The game is still in beta, so keep playing and hopefully the NYT will give you the full status in time.
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 #72) – track #1 – today's topic
What's the topic of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands topic is… On board
NYT Strands Today (Game #72) – Clue #2 – Keywords
What are some good keywords today?
Play any of these words to unlock the game's hint system.
• CHASE
• CAUSE
• SHELF
• FACE
• STRUT
NYT Strands today (game #72) – clue #3 – spangram
What's a clue for today's spangram?
• Smorgasbord?
NYT Strands today (game #72) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
• First: left, 3rd row
• Last: right, eighth row
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #72): The Answers
The answers to today's Strands game number 72 are…
- FRUIT
- COOKIE
- WALNUTS
- OLIVE
- BRIE CHEESE
- SALAMI
- SPREAD
- SPANGRAM: DELICATE
- My rating: Idiot
- My score: Two tracks
I have a few questions about today's Strands puzzle. Maybe this is a bit bitter (excuse the pun?), but it seems like a misconception to me.
First of all, why are some answers plural and others not? CRACKER is included in its singular form. Would you just put a cookie on a charcuterie board? The same goes for OLIVA. I highly doubt that any deli, in the history of deli, has ever featured a single olive. Which would be fine if they were all singular, but NUTS is plural.
Secondly, what is SPREAD? Cheese spread? Butter? What are you doing here? Is this a cultural difference between the UK (where I am) and the US? To me, the answers here seem like just a random collection of foods that you could put together if you wanted to. Why not add potatoes, porridge, roast pheasant or unicorn fillets? What is the connection here?
Maybe it was easier for you anyway. By all means, email me and tell me what I'm missing.
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Yesterday's NYT Strands Answers (Monday, May 13, Game #71)
- HOUND
- BOXER
- WELL-BUILT
- COLLIE
- POODLE
- BEAGLE
- SHEPHERD
- SPANGRAM: PILE OF DOGS
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.
