NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Monday, May 6 (game #64)

May 5, 2024

Another week, another Strands puzzle to try to solve. Today’s is of average difficulty… but the average here is hard compared to most word games, so you might want some help. I can provide that, in the form of some hints below, plus the answers and my commentary on today’s Strands.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.

Your Strands expert

Marc McLaren

NYT Strands today (game #64) – hint #1 – today’s theme

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Signed, Sealed, Delivered

NYT Strands today (game #64) – hint #2 – clue words

What are some good clue words today?

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

• AGAIN

• DRAIN

• PACK

• PAIN

• SIZE

• GAZE

NYT Strands today (game #64) – hint #3 – spangram

What is a hint for today’s spangram?

• Open the box

NYT Strands today (game #64) – hint #4 – spangram position

Where does today’s spangram start and end?

• Start: right, 4th row

• End: left, 3rd row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #64) – the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 64 on a blue background — (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Strands, game #64, are…

LETTER
BILL
MAGAZINE
POSTCARD
INVITE
PACKAGE
SPANGRAM: SNAILMAIL

My rating: Moderate
My score: Perfect

Though this Strands puzzle is not incredibly hard, it does have a more difficult spangram than most. SNAILMAIL as a term is now relatively widely used, sure, but it still seems a lot more informal than we’ve come to expect from Strands.

Otherwise, it’s not too bad. I really struggled to find MAGAZINE – it just wasn’t something I thought of as an item that gets delivered in the mail – but POSTCARD, PACKAGE and LETTER were all pretty easy.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Sunday 5 May, game #63)

GLOVES
RAKE
SHEARS
TRIMMER
TROWEL
SHOVEL
EDGER
SPANGRAM: YARDWORK

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT’s new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s currently in Beta and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I’ve got a full guide to how 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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Another week, another Strands puzzle to try to solve. Today’s is of average difficulty… but the average here is hard compared to most word games, so you might want some help. I can provide that, in the form of some hints below, plus the answers and my commentary on today’s…