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NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Friday, May 3 (game #61)

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It's time for another daily dose of the NYT's Strands, the new(ish) word game that tasks you with finding the themed answers within a grid of letters. Yes, it can be tricky at times – but we all love a challenge, right? And if not, you can scroll down for some hints and the answers.

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

NYT Strands today (game #61) - hint #1 - today's theme​

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?​


Today's NYT Strands theme is… A shade envious?

NYT Strands today (game #61) - hint #2 - clue words​

What are some good clue words today?​


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


POSIT

LOVE

TICKLE

JUICE

STAND

RUNG

NYT Strands today (game #61) - hint #3 - spangram​

What is a hint for today's spangram?​


Eat them up to stay healthy

NYT Strands today (game #61) - hint #4 - spangram position​

Where does today's spangram start and end?​


Start: left, 6th row

End: right, 5nd row


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

NYT Strands today (game #61) - the answers​


NYT Strands answers for game #61 on a blue background


(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #61, are…

  • JUNGLE
  • PISTACHIO
  • FOREST
  • OLIVE
  • ARTICHOKE
  • EMERALD
  • SPANGRAM: GREENS

  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: Perfect


This was a nice straightforward Strands game to end the working week (for me at least). The theme clue gave the game away really – the combination of 'shade' and 'envious' immediately suggested 'green' to me, so I looked for that and found the spangram right away. With the board now divided in two, the permutations for each letter were reduced, and it was a simple job to find PISTACHIO and JUNGLE at the bottom, FOREST and EMERALD at the top.

OLIVE took me a while for some reason, and I don't know if ARTICHOKE would even have occurred to me if the board hadn't been so filled in by the time I got to it, but overall this was easy pickings.

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


Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Thursday 2 May, game #60)​

  • CLOWNFISH
  • SKUNK
  • CHIPMUNK
  • TIGER
  • BUMBLEBEE
  • ZEBRA
  • SPANGRAM: STRIPED

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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