The New York Times Games Strands is a daily word puzzle game that challenges you to find hidden words inside of a large jumble of letters.
Strands has a whole new puzzle today with a challenging premise: search the letter jumble for several themed words, and use each of the letters only once, and it’s even more difficult than the rules of Strands make it sound. This puzzle is probably one of the hardest puzzles the New York Times Games has released, and you might be looking for some help. In the article below, you can find hints, spoilers, explanations, and more. Whatever you need to get through this puzzle with a win, this article has available for you.
The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #66 for May 8, 2024
Today’s clue is Can You Digit? There are eight things to find in this puzzle: one Spangram category and seven themed words.
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New York Times Games Strands Clues
Searching for some help with today’s puzzle that doesn’t spoil the whole thing? In the sections below, you can find general clue that won’t ruin any of the words in this game for puzzle lovers.
General Hint 1
Hint 1
: What does Digit mean that could be relevant to this puzzle?
General Hint 2
Hint 2
: Different kinds of numbers.
General Hint 3
Hint 3
: Important (and some not-so important) numbers you may have memorized.
Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands
If you are still stuck on today’s puzzle game similar to Wordle, you can find more hints below. Each section has one spoiler word along with its position in the puzzle.
Spoiler 1
Spoiler 2
The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands
Need to see the whole answer for today’s New York Times Games Strands? Check out the section below to see the whole answer.
The category for today is
Numbers
. The words are Serial, Telephone, Bacon, Dance, Binary, Lucky, and Whole.
Today’s Strands Explained
If you are confused as to how the Spangram, the themed words, and the clue all go together, look at the section below. Inside, you’ll find the explanation of today’s theme.
Today’s puzzle is all about different kinds of
Numbers
, and
Can You Digit?
refers to how numbers are digits. While most of the themed words are pretty self explanatory, like whole numbers and telephone numbers, you might be curious about what a Bacon number is. This refers to your Kevin Bacon, or how many degrees you are separated from Kevin Bacon, a famous actor who has been in dozens of movies, including
Footloose
and
Tremors
.
Want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Strands website available on almost any device with a browser.
Strands
- Platform(s)
- Web Browser
- Released
- March 4, 2024
- Developer(s)
- The New York Times Company
- Publisher(s)
- The New York Times Company
- Genre(s)
- Puzzle
