NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, May 26 (game #449)
Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, May 25 (game #448).
Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
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 #449) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Body language
NYT Strands today (game #449) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- STEW
- WORN
- GROW
- TEAK
- TASTE
- WROTE
NYT Strands today (game #449) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 8 letters
NYT Strands today (game #449) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th row
Last side: right, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #449) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #449, are…
- HANDSHAKE
- SALUTE
- SHRUG
- KOWTOW
- NAMASTE
- CURTSEY
- SPANGRAM: GESTURES
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 hint
I struggled with today’s Strands, after a great start seeing HANDSHAKE and SALUTE immediately and then the GESTURES spangram.
A hint gave me SHRUG, but I struggled to see NAMASTE among the seven letters before me. I think this may be due to thinking that namaste was just a greeting rather than a gesture – although thinking about it, I realize it’s something that's never said without the palms coming together at the chest and a slight bow of the head.
Meanwhile, KOWTOW is a word that really should be used more commonly to describe political discourse in various countries around the globe – once a prominent part of Chinese rituals where underlings would suffer the indignity of submission, now kowtowing goes on everywhere.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Sunday, May 25, game #448)
- SELL
- DONATE
- LABEL
- DECLUTTER
- REORGANIZE
- SPANGRAM: SPRING CLEANING
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT's not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable that has been running for a year and which 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.
