NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, May 5 (game #63)

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Sunday's NYT Strands puzzle is a relatively straightforward one – but that doesn't make it a piece of cake exactly. Very few Strands games are that, and you'll still need your wits about you to solve it. But don't despair – I've got some hints for you below if you need them.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

Your Strands expert
Marc McLaren
Your Strands expert
Marc McLaren

Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief and has been obsessed with Wordle and its ilk for more than two years. He's authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar, including a daily today's Wordle answer column and a detailed analysis of the most common letters in Wordle in every position. He's also played every Wordle ever and only lost once and yes, he takes it all too seriously.

NYT Strands today (game #63) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Tools for the job

NYT Strands today (game #63) - hint #2 - clue words

What are some good clue words today?

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

• LOVE

• HELM

• OWED

• TREE

• SHARE

• GREED

NYT Strands today (game #63) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Outdoor labor

NYT Strands today (game #63) - hint #4 - spangram position

Where does today's spangram start and end?

• Start: left, 6th row

• End: right, 5th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #63) - the answers

NYT Strands answers to game 63 on a blue background

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The answers to today's Strands, game #63, are…

  • GLOVES
  • RAKE
  • SHEARS
  • TRIMMER
  • TROWEL
  • SHOVEL
  • EDGER
  • SPANGRAM: YARDWORK
  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: Perfect

There should be no issues here, unless you have zero knowledge of gardening. I wouldn't exactly describe myself as an expert, and I still solved this Strands puzzle with a minimum of fuss.

I was helped by the word GLOVES standing out immediately in the bottom right of the board; that then led to RAKE, and together with the theme clue of 'Tools for the job' it was obvious what was needed. The spangram, YARDWORK, foxed me a little because it's not a phrase you hear in the UK, where I'm based; we'd call it gardening. But overall this was one of the easier days for Strands.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday 4 May, game #62)

  • PSYCHO
  • POLTERGEIST
  • HALLOWEEN
  • HOSTEL
  • SCREAM
  • SPANGRAM: SCARYMOVIE

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's currently in Beta and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I've got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.

Marc McLaren
Marc McLaren
Global Editor in Chief

Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief, the latest in a long line of senior editorial roles he’s held in a career that started the week that Google launched (nice of them to mark the occasion). Prior to joining TR, he was UK Editor in Chief on Tom’s Guide, where he oversaw all gaming, streaming, audio, TV, entertainment, how-to and cameras coverage. He's also a former editor of the tech website Stuff and spent five years at the music magazine NME, where his duties mainly involved spoiling other people’s fun. He’s based in London, and has tested and written about phones, tablets, wearables, streaming boxes, smart home devices, Bluetooth speakers, headphones, games, TVs, cameras and pretty much every other type of gadget you can think of. An avid photographer, Marc likes nothing better than taking pictures of very small things (bugs, his daughters) or very big things (distant galaxies). He also enjoys live music, gaming, cycling, and beating Wordle (he authors the daily Wordle today page).