18-05-2025
NYT ‘Strands' Today: Hints, Spangram And Answers For Sunday, May 18th
Today's NYT Strands hints and answers
Credit: New York Times
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Forgive the late post, dearest Strandistarians. I'm traveling abroad and my sense of time is all messed up and I had an issue with scheduling this one. It (hopefully, probably) won't happen again! In any case, let's dive right in and uncover some words!
Strands is the newest game in the New York Times' stable of puzzle games. It's a fun twist on classic word search games. Every day we're given a new theme and then tasked with uncovering all the words on the grid that fit that theme, including a spangram that spans two sides of the board, revealing more about the rest of the words on the grid.
Spoilers ahead.
Read on for today's theme and some hints to help you uncover today's words. Instead of giving you the first two letters of each word, today I'm giving out three hints instead of two.
Today's Theme: Riding the wind
Hint: Think nautically.
Clue: Ship parts.
Here are the first two letters of each of today's words:
Remember, spoilers ahead!
Today's spangram is: SAILBOAT
Here's the full list of words:
Here's the completed Strands grid:
Today's Strands
Screenshot: Erik Kain
An easier-than-usual Strands today. Once you get the first word—MAST in my case—it becomes quite obvious what this is all about. Then there's the fact that most of the words are quite short: HULL, HELM, KEEL, etc. The slightly longer words are all pretty squared away in corners, like TILLER. All told, an easy breezy Strands.
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