NYT 'Strands' Hints And Answers For Monday, May 5

New York Times Strands game tips and answers (May 5, 2025)

Hello everyone! Here are tips, full letter words and answers for The New York Times Strands game Monday, May 5.

Strands gameplay

The New York Times Strands puzzle game is a variant of the classic text search game. You can play it on the New York Times website and the New York Times game app, along with games like Wordle and Connections (we also cover these games in Forbes Gaming's daily guide).

There will be new Strands games every day. The game will provide a letter grid of six rows and eight columns. The goal is to find a set of words that have common ground and you will get clues about the topic. When you find the subject word, it will be highlighted in blue.

You also need to find a special word called the full letter word. This will tell you what these words have in common. The full letter word connects at least both sides of the board, but it may not start or end there. Although the subject word will not be a proper noun, a full letter word can be a proper noun. When you find the full letter word, it will be highlighted in yellow.

Each letter is used only once in a subject and full letter words. You can connect letters vertically, horizontally and diagonally, and you can change directions in the middle of the word. If you are playing games on the touch screen, double-click the last letter to submit your guess.

If you find three valid words with at least four letters (not part of the subject), you will unlock the Prompt button. Clicking this button will highlight the letters that make up one of the topic words.

Note: You need to be alert. Sometimes you need to fill in the missing words in the phrase. On other days, the game may revolve around synonyms or homophones. The difficulty changes every day and the game creators sometimes try to surprise you.

What is the Strands prompt today?

Scroll slowly! After today's Strands game prompt, I'll reveal what the answer word is.

The official theme tip for today's Strands game is...

Side dishes

Need more help? Here is an extra tip...

Common side dishes for many dishes

Today we need to find seven topic words, including full letter words.

What is the New York Times Strands tip today?

Spoiler warning! Don't scroll down the page until you're ready to view today's Strands prompts.

Here are the first two letters of each topic word in today's puzzle. They are arranged in order from left to right, and then in the order in which the letters of any word appear for the first time:

• SH
• ST
• FR
• CU
• HO
• CR
• WA

What is the answer to the New York Times Strands today?

Before I reveal the full list of words, I will first tell you the full letter word and show you where it is in the grid.

This is your last spoiler warning!

Today's Strands full letter word is...

FRENCH FRIES (French Fries)

You can find it in the grid...

Today's Strands theme is...

• SHOESTRING (shoelaces)
• STEAK (steak)
• FRENCH FRIES (French Fries)
• CURLY (curled)
• HOME (home)
• CRINKLE (wrinkled)
• WAFFLE (Waffles)

The finished grid looks like this...

I immediately found STEAK (steak), which was a little confusing because it was not a side dish. But then I saw the "fries" (fries) next to it, it wasn't the subject and had a good idea of ​​what was going on. CURLY (curled) just confirms my guess and I found the full letter word (it's kind of like the shape of fries). Since then, it has become very simple.

I didn't use any hints, the full letter word is the third topic word I found.

See you tomorrow, more Strands fun!

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