08-05-2025
NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #432 (Friday, May 9 2025)
1. Today's hints
2. Today's answer
3. Yesterday's answer
Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "Outsiders" — isn't too tricky once you figure out its slightly cryptic meaning.
Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #432, as well as the answers, should it come to that. We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #432, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #432.
The official theme for NYT Strands #432 is... "Outsiders".
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Battling the elements".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with C and ends with R.
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It's CAMPINGGEAR.
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #432?
Drumroll, please...
...and the spangram was CAMPINGGEAR
Strands #432
'Outsiders'
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Hi Strands fans. A one-word theme always makes rounds of Strands a little tricky to get started, and "Outsiders" was no exception.
That meant I ended up using a clue, and was instantly kicking myself. It revealed TENT - of course this was going to be about camping!
I found BACKPACK to its right (after incorrectly connecting "backpacking" first), and then the spangram of CAMPINGGEAR, which rather neatly made the shape of a tent in the middle of the board.
As someone who really dislikes camping, and has only ever agreed to it for music festivals, it was a bit of an uphill struggle for me, but I got through it without using any more clues. I found GRILL first, followered by LANTERN in the bottom-right corner.
I then spotted COOLER in the bottom-left corner, and that just left THERMOS in the middle of the board to complete the puzzle.
Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #431 right here.
