New York Times Strands Hints and Answers for May 21, 2024

Strands is back with another puzzle for fans to attempt. This word search puzzle game might seem simple at first glance, but actually solving any of these challenging puzzles is sometimes anything but.

Today’s puzzle is especially challenging, and you might be in search of a little bit of help. If you need general hints, word spoilers, an explanation for the answer, or the full spoiler, you can find all of this and more below.

The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #79 for May 21, 2024

Today’s Strands clue is At the Bar. There are eight things to find in this puzzle: one Spangram category and seven themed words.

New York Times Games Strands Clues

If you already know the rules of how to play Strands, and you are familiar with the way the in-game hint system works, you know that it spoils entire words. If you are looking for help that doesn’t involve any kind of word spoilers, you can find three general hints in the sections below.

General Hint 1

Hint 1
: What is a kind of bar you probably access daily?

General Hint 2

Hint 2
: What kind of bars can you find on computers?

General Hint 3

Hint 3
: The thing in software that contains drop-down menus.

Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands

Spoilers for specific words can sometimes help those who are stuck get through the Strands puzzle. If you want to see two words along with their positions inside the puzzle, you can see one in each of the two sections below.

Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands

The full spoiler for today’s New York Times GamesStrands can be found in the section below. In there, you can see all the themed words and where they are placed in the letter grid.

The category for today is
MenuItems
. The words are Window, Help, Favorites, Tools, History, Edit, and File.

Today’s Strands Explained

Still don’t get the answer to this puzzle game similar to Wordle? In the drop-down section below, you can see an explanation for how the Spangram, the themed words, and the clue all make sense together.

At the Bar
refers to the Menu Bar, which is located at the top of most software. Each of the themed words are
Menu Items
that can be found on one of these bars.

Want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Strands website available on almost any device with a browser.

Strands

New York Times’ Strands is a puzzle game that challenges players to find words associated with a theme.