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Strands Answers (May 17, 2025): In this article, you will find the Strands answers and hints for May 17, 2025.
If you are tired of Wordle and Connections, then Strands is another NYT game you can try out. It is a word puzzle game where players are tasked with guessing multiple words from a 6x8 grid. While it is a wonderful game to show off your knowledge about words, Strands can sometimes get challenging.
If you are struggling with today's theme, we will help you find today's spangram and solve the puzzle with ease.
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Today's Strands Theme
First, let's look at today's theme shared on the website.
Today's theme is:
SHE'S GOT GAME
The theme can sometimes be a bit unclear, so I'll break it down to make it easier for you:
- Today's theme celebrates women who excel in professional sports, particularly in a certain fast-paced game played on a court. It showcases teams associated with various cities, highlighting their achievements and their passionate fanbases. These organizations have made significant contributions to their sport and have promoted athletic prowess.
Today's NYT Strands Hints
If you need some hints to help you, I have your back:
Strands Hint 1: What are the starting letters of today's words?
There are 8 words including the spangram.
Below are the starting letters & lengths for each of the theme words:
- Starts with "D" and has 5 letters.
- Starts with "F" and has 5 letters.
- Starts with "L" and has 7 letters.
- Starts with "L" and has 4 letters.
- Starts with "M" and has 7 letters.
- Starts with "S" and has 5 letters.
- Starts with "W" and has 5 letters.
Today's spangram starts with "B".
Strands Hint 2: Where are the words located on today's strands grid?
Here are some clues about the starting positions for all words except the spangram:
- 0 words start from the bottom row.
- 2 words start from the left edge of the grid.
- 3 words start from the right edge of the grid.
- 1 word starts from the middle of the grid.
Today's NYT Strands Clue Words
If you want to hit that Hint button on the Strands game, here are some words to help you out:
- STROMB
- SKAGS
- BUTEOS
- CIRE
- GAMER
- MEERS
The answers are right below.
So do not scroll any further if you do not want to see them.
Today's NYT Strands Spangram
Today's Strands Spangram is:
BASKETBALL
Today's NYT Strands Answers
The answers for today's Strands are right here:
- DREAM
- FEVER
- LIBERTY
- LYNX
- MERCURY
- STORM
- WINGS
Yesterday's NYT Strands Answer (16 May 2025)
Still trying to solve yesterday’s Strands (Friday, 16 May 2025), or reading from a different timezone? Don’t worry, we have the answers you need.
Find yesterday's Strands answers, hints, and spangram here.
Yesterday's Strands theme was:
TO A DEGREE
Yesterday's Spangram was:
GRADUATION
Yesterday's Strands Answers were:
- DIPLOMA
- GOWN
- PHOTO
- PROCESSION
- SPEECH
- TASSEL
With that, we’ve covered today’s Strands answers, hints, and spangram. If you’re passionate about word games, we have answers and solvers for nearly all NYT games. If you're struggling with Wordle, our Wordle Solver is here to help. We also offer resources like the Spelling Bee Solver and Connections Helper for other NYT games.
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