{"id":6113,"date":"2025-05-18T22:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T14:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/nyt-strands-hints-and-answers-for-monday-may-19-game-442\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T22:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T14:06:08","slug":"nyt-strands-hints-and-answers-for-monday-may-19-game-442","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cicserver.com\/de\/nyt-strands-hints-and-answers-for-monday-may-19-game-442\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, May 19 (game #442)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"fancy-box\">\n<p>Looking for a different day?<\/p>\n<div class=\"fancy_box_body\">\n<p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\">A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone \u2013 which means that some people are always playing &#8216;today&#8217;s game&#8217; while others are playing &#8216;yesterday&#8217;s&#8217;. <strong>If you&#8217;re looking for Sunday&#8217;s puzzle instead<\/strong> then click here: <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/websites-apps\/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-18-may-2025\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/websites-apps\/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-18-may-2025\"><strong>NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, May 18 (game #441)<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Strands is the NYT&#8217;s latest word game after the likes of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/wordle\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/tag\/wordle\">Wordle<\/a>, Spelling Bee and Connections \u2013 and it&#8217;s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.<\/p>\n<p>Want more word-based fun? Then check out my <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/gaming\/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-19-may-2025\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/gaming\/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-19-may-2025\">NYT Connections today<\/a> and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/websites-apps\/quordle-today-answers-clues-19-may-2025\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/websites-apps\/quordle-today-answers-clues-19-may-2025\">Quordle today<\/a> pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc&#8217;s <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/wordle-today\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/wordle-today\">Wordle today<\/a> page for the original viral word game.<\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-base\"\/>\n<p><em>SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don&#8217;t read on if you don&#8217;t want to know the answers.<\/em><\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<span class=\"bg-secondary-500 text-white text-lg font-bold uppercase py-1 px-2 leading-[1.625rem] sm:leading-[6px] sm:text-sm\"><br \/>\nYou may like<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-nyt-strands-today-game-442-hint-1-today-s-theme\"><span>NYT Strands today (game #442) &#8211; hint #1 &#8211; today&#8217;s theme<\/span><\/h2>\n<section class=\"article__schema-question\">\n<h3>What is the theme of today&#8217;s NYT Strands?<\/h3>\n<article class=\"article__schema-answer\">\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Today&#8217;s NYT Strands theme is\u2026 Taking the bait<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-nyt-strands-today-game-442-hint-2-clue-words\"><span>NYT Strands today (game #442) &#8211; hint #2 &#8211; clue words<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TURN<\/li>\n<li>SOFA<\/li>\n<li>TOUR<\/li>\n<li>PEST<\/li>\n<li>NIGHTS<\/li>\n<li>SMOKE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-nyt-strands-today-game-442-hint-3-spangram-letters\"><span>NYT Strands today (game #442) &#8211; hint #3 &#8211; spangram letters<\/span><\/h2>\n<section class=\"article__schema-question\">\n<h3>How many letters are in today&#8217;s spangram?<\/h3>\n<article class=\"article__schema-answer\">\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Spangram has 15 letters<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-nyt-strands-today-game-442-hint-4-spangram-position\"><span>NYT Strands today (game #442) &#8211; hint #4 &#8211; spangram position<\/span><\/h2>\n<section class=\"article__schema-question\">\n<h3>What are two sides of the board that today&#8217;s spangram touches?<\/h3>\n<article class=\"article__schema-answer\">\n<p>First side: top, 5th column<\/p>\n<p>Last side: bottom, 3rd column<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p>Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON&#8217;T WANT TO SEE THEM.<\/p>\n<aside data-model-name=\"Get Better At Wordle\" data-widget-type=\"review\" data-render-type=\"editorial\" class=\"hawk-base\">\n<div class=\"hawk-main-editorial-container\">\n<p>Today&#8217;s best Get Better At Wordle deals<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-nyt-strands-today-game-442-the-answers\"><span>NYT Strands today (game #442) &#8211; the answers<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BMYMZWfM6t8LqocugWUYjS-320-80.jpg.webp 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BMYMZWfM6t8LqocugWUYjS-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BMYMZWfM6t8LqocugWUYjS-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BMYMZWfM6t8LqocugWUYjS-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BMYMZWfM6t8LqocugWUYjS-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BMYMZWfM6t8LqocugWUYjS-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NYT Strands answers for game 442 on a blue background\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BMYMZWfM6t8LqocugWUYjS-320-80.jpg 320w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BMYMZWfM6t8LqocugWUYjS-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BMYMZWfM6t8LqocugWUYjS-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BMYMZWfM6t8LqocugWUYjS-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BMYMZWfM6t8LqocugWUYjS-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BMYMZWfM6t8LqocugWUYjS-1200-80.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BMYMZWfM6t8LqocugWUYjS.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/BMYMZWfM6t8LqocugWUYjS.jpg\"\/><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: New York Times)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The answers to today&#8217;s Strands, game #442, are\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MACKEREL<\/li>\n<li>TROUT<\/li>\n<li>SALMON<\/li>\n<li>SNAPPER<\/li>\n<li>HALIBUT<\/li>\n<li><strong>SPANGRAM: SOMETHINGS FISHY<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>My rating:<\/strong> Easy<\/li>\n<li><strong>My score:<\/strong> Perfect<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<p>About a quarter way through today\u2019s search I thought to myself \u201cthere\u2019s no way Strands would have a spangram as long as SOMETHINGS FISHY is there?\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-RgCS38ewmrnPvXo73zbwhj\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-RgCS38ewmrnPvXo73zbwhj slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But, oh how wrong I was and there it is taking up a third of the grid when we could be fishing for fishy words.<\/p>\n<p>I also find it hard to look at without the apostrophe \u2013 as in &#8216;something\u2019s fishy&#8217; \u2013 even though that would not work in a word search, but maybe I\u2019m alone with that.<\/p>\n<p>MACKEREL was the easiest word to find thanks to the CK in its name, while SNAPPER proved the hardest to tap out as there were several variants to the order of the letters.<\/p>\n<p>Other than that, today\u2019s search was about as easy as shooting fish in a bucket, but in fairness it was limited to a tasty and fancy selection \u2013 none of these fine sources of omega 3 are likely to find themselves as an ingredient in a stick or a burger.<\/p>\n<p>How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-yesterday-s-nyt-strands-answers-sunday-may-18-game-441\"><span>Yesterday&#8217;s NYT Strands answers (Sunday, May 18, game #441)<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>HELM<\/li>\n<li>MAST<\/li>\n<li>RIGGING<\/li>\n<li>KEEL<\/li>\n<li>TILLER<\/li>\n<li>HULL<\/li>\n<li>RUDDER<\/li>\n<li>STERN<\/li>\n<li><strong>SPANGRAM: SAILBOAT<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr\/>\n<section class=\"article__schema-question\">\n<h3>What is NYT Strands?<\/h3>\n<article class=\"article__schema-answer\">\n<p>Strands is the NYT&#8217;s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It&#8217;s now a fully fledged member of the NYT&#8217;s games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/games\/strands\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/games\/strands\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\">NYT Games site<\/a> on desktop or mobile.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a full guide to h<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/websites-apps\/nyt-strands\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/websites-apps\/nyt-strands\">ow to play NYT Strands,<\/a> complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you&#8217;re struggling to beat it each day.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone \u2013 which means that some people are always playing &#8216;today&#8217;s game&#8217; while others are playing &#8216;yesterday&#8217;s&#8217;. 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