Today's Strands Hints and Clues for "And here's the kicker ..." - Friday, May 30, 2025

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Strands Answers Today (Source: NYT Strands)

Strands Answers (May 30, 2025): In this article, you will find the Strands answers and hints for May 30, 2025.

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If you are tired of Wordle and Connections, then Strands is another NYT game waiting for you. It is a word puzzle game where the players would be guessing multiple words from a 6x8 grid. It is a wonderful game to show off your knowledge about words, but sometimes Strands can get challenging.

If you are struggling with today's theme, you have landed at the right place. We will help you find today's spangram and solve the puzzle with ease.

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WARNING: Spoilers ahead! Only read on if you want to know today's Strands answers.

Looking for Crossword hints & solutions? Check out latest NYT Mini Crossword Answers, LA Times Crossword Answers, and Atlantic Crossword Answers


Today's Strands Theme

First, let's look at today's theme shared on the website.

Today's theme is: AND HERE'S THE KICKER ...

The theme can sometimes be a bit unclear, so I'll break it down to make it easier for you:

  • Today's theme refers to specific roles and positions within a popular team sport where players are organized on the field in various specialized functions. Each player's primary responsibility contributes to the team's strategy and success, with varying levels of engagement in both defense and offense during match play.
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Today's NYT Strands Hints

If you need some hints to help you, I got you:

Strands Hint 1: What are the starting letters of today's words?

There are 6 words including the spangram.

Below are the starting letters & lengths for each of the theme words:

  • Starts with "D" and has 8 letters.
  • Starts with "F" and has 7 letters.
  • Starts with "G" and has 10 letters.
  • Starts with "M" and has 10 letters.
  • Starts with "S" and has 7 letters.
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And today's spangram starts with "S".

Strands Hint 2: Where are today's words located on today's strands grid?

Here are some clues about their starting positions. For all words except the spangram:

  • 1 word starts from the top row
  • 1 word starts from the right edge of the grid
  • 3 words start 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:

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  • RECODED
  • KECKED
  • WARD
  • CODA
  • FORE
  • CODER

The answers are right below. So do not scroll any further if you don't want to see them.


Today's NYT Strands Spangram

Now the moment you've been waiting for! Today's Strands Spangram is:

SOCCER


Today's NYT Strands Answers

The answers for today's Strands are right here:

  • DEFENDER
  • FORWARD
  • GOALKEEPER
  • MIDFIELDER
  • STRIKER

Yesterday's NYT Strands Answer (29 May 2025)

Still trying to solve yesterday’s Strands (Thursday, 29 May 2025)? Or reading from a different timezone? Don’t worry, we have the answers you need!

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Find yesterday's Strands answers, hints and spangram here.

Yesterday's Strands theme was:

IT'S A LITTLE BUGGY

Yesterday's Spangram was:

INSECT

Yesterday's Strands Answers were:

  • BUTTERFLY
  • DRAGONFLY
  • FLEA
  • HORNET
  • MANTIS
  • MOTH
  • WASP

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.

If crosswords are your thing, don’t forget to check out our answers to today’s NYT Mini Crossword and puzzles from other publications.

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Edited by Suryadeepto Sengupta
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