Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answer and Help for May 17 #805

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Today’s NYT Strands puzzle was fun for me, but then I have a ton of fun playing the game that is today’s topic. Game? Sport? I guess it’s both, depending on your level of dedication. Some answers are difficult to decipher, so if you need clues and answers, read on.

I discuss in depth the rules for strands in this story.

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Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: Hit one!

If that doesn’t help, here’s a hint: put on your shoes and start riding!

Clue words to unlock clues in the game

Your goal is to find hidden words that match the theme of the puzzle. If you’re stuck, find all the words you can. Every time you find three words of four or more letters, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. Here are the words I used to get these clues, but any words of four letters or more that you find will work:

• COAL, BOWL, RUN, RUN, DEAL, LEAD, BULLET, SPIN

Answers to today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that are related to the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that extends from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have them all (initially I thought there were always eight, but I learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the non-spangram responses:

• PINS, BALLS, LOUNGE, LANES, ARCADE, DASHBOARD

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is BOWLINGALLE. To find it, start with the B which represents two letters on the top row, then go up and then down.