Subj : NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, August 5 (game #520)
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Date : Mon Aug 04 2025 15:15:08

NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, August 5 (game #520)

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Mon, 04 Aug 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to 
solve today's game, including the spangram.

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for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day 
for your time zone  which means that some people are always playing 'today's 
game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Monday's 
puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, 
August 4 (game #519) . 

Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee 
and Connections  and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on 
for my Strands hints. 

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle 
today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today 
page for the original viral word game. 

 SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read 
on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Strands today (game #520) - 
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands? 

  Today's NYT Strands theme is We have a winner! NYT Strands today (game 
#520) - hint #2 - clue words 

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. VINE WARD WING 
TEAK SWEET GRIN NYT Strands today (game #520) - hint #3 - spangram letters 
How many letters are in today's spangram? 

  Spangram has 10 letters NYT Strands today (game #520) - hint #4 - spangram 
position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches? 

First side: left, 6th row 

Last side: right, 1st row 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #520) - the answers (Image credit: New 
York Times) 

The answers to today's Strands, game #520, are BINGO GIVEAWAY DRAWING 
SWEEPSTAKES LOTTERY SPANGRAM: LUCKY BREAK My rating: Hard My score: 1 hint 

It was possibly my LUCKY BREAK that I saw the spangram before anything else 
today, and immediately went in search of words associated with games of 
chance. 

Not sure what DRAWING is in there for, but I guess numbers are drawn in 
lotteries and BINGO, so well allow it. 

Incredibly, I got SWEEPSTAKES without the S as a non-game word before I 
realized my error. A good job todays search wasnt too taxing. Yesterday's NYT 
Strands answers (Monday, August 4, game #519) RAZOR CAPE CLIPPERS COMB 
TRIMMER AFTERSHAVE SPANGRAM: BARBERSHOP What is NYT Strands? 

Strands is the NYT's not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and 
Connections. It's now a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable that 
has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on 
desktop or mobile. 

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



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hi
nts-5-august-2025


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