“Need a bit of help with NYT Strands today? No shame in that, and you’ve come to the right place.” Today’s NYT Strands theme is “Something’s fishy,” which leads to answers that evoke unusual and strange characteristics.
The spangram for game #791 is THATSODD. The answers include STRANGE, UNUSUAL, BIZARRE, QUIRKY, WEIRD, and PECULIAR. The unofficial hint for this game is “How unexpected.”
The clue words for game #791 are QUARK, REAL, STRAND, SWEARS, TRAINS, WATER, QUARTER, and TRIES. The spangram touches two opposite sides of the board, starting with ‘T’ and ending in ‘D’.
In this context, the suspicious ‘Z’ was part of BIZARRE, with the unusual ‘Q’ at the front of QUIRKY below it. It’s actually the “suspicious” meaning of “fishy,” as I discovered when I found STRANGE in the top-left corner.
The game #791 was published on May 3, 2026. This follows game #790, which had the theme “All the right moves” and featured the spangram LINEDANCE.
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