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NYT Strands hints, answers for May 11, 2026
Today’s NYT Strands hints are easy if you love a good mashup.
Strands, the New York Times‘ elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There’s always a theme linking every solution, along with the “spangram,” a special, word or phrase that sums up that day’s theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.
By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.
If you’re feeling stuck or just don’t have 10 or more minutes to figure out today’s puzzle, we’ve got all the NYT Strands hints for today’s puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.
NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: A nice medley
The words are related to mixtures.
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Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained
These words describe a combination of things.
NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?
Today’s NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.
NYT Strands spangram answer today
Today’s spangram is Odds and Ends.
NYT Strands word list for May 11
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Hodgepodge
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Variety
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Ragbag
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Odds and Ends
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Mishmash
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Jumble
Looking for other daily online games? Mashable’s Games page has more hints, and if you’re looking for more puzzles, Mashable’s got games now!
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Not the day you’re after? Here’s the solution to yesterday’s Strands.
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Euphoria Season 3, episode 7 trailer is tense and messy
Somehow we only have two episodes of Euphoria left — and there is still a lot to wrap up.
In the episode 7 preview above we see Maddy (Alexa Demie) confronting Cassie (Sydney Sweeney), Nate (Jacob Elordi) looking the worse for wear, and Rue (Zendaya) getting even deeper into a situation that’s already nearly gotten her killed.
Lexie (Maude Apatow) probably summarises it best: “It’s like you’ve all lost your f***ing minds.”
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Bose QuietComfort earbuds are below $150 at Amazon — act fast to save $30
SAVE $30: As of May 18, Bose QuietComfort earbuds have dropped to $149 at Amazon. This is $30 off their list price of $179.
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Amazon’s kicked off its Memorial Day sale, and for those looking to scoop up new earbuds for summer, we’ve spotted some great deals already. This includes a discount on the Bose QuietComfort earbuds, which have dropped to $149.
This deal knocks $30 off the Bose QuietComfort’s full price of $179, which is a pretty solid saving on this great mid-budget pick. Every color is down to this price right now, so you can pick out your favorite.
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If you’ve been searching for earbuds with solid sound quality and noise cancelling without the premium price tag, Bose QuietComfort earbuds are the answer. Ranked as our favorite mid-budget pick in our roundup of the best wireless earbuds, they’re “an affordable answer to the brand’s line-up.” They’re also “reliable, have a long battery life, and are sure to please the pickiest of audiophiles.”
When it comes to sound, Mashable’s Bethany Allard said in her review that, “Right away, I was impressed by the sound quality of these earbuds. While I wouldn’t consider myself the harshest audiophile in the world, I found that the lows, mids, and highs of songs came through balanced and clear, becoming only the tiniest bit muddled at higher volumes.” And as for the noise-cancelling, Allard said it’s “serviceable, especially for the price point, but it’s certainly not at the same level as Bose’s other headphones.”
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Treat yourself to some new earbuds this summer. Score $30 off the Bose QuietComfort earbuds right now at Amazon.
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