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Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for May 9 #797

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Why This Matters

This article highlights the daily NYT Strands puzzle, emphasizing its role in engaging puzzle enthusiasts and enhancing cognitive skills through themed word challenges. It underscores the importance of such puzzles in fostering mental agility and providing entertainment for consumers interested in brain games.

Key Takeaways

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.

Today's NYT Strands puzzle is a fun twist on yesterday's. The May 8 theme was "garden variety" and this is "garden varieties." Yet the answers are very different. And some of the answers are difficult to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.

If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET's NYT puzzle hints page.

Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far

Hint for today's Strands puzzle

Today's Strands theme is: Garden varieties.

If that doesn't help you, here's a clue: Watering can.

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

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