Today's NYT Strands hints and answer: solutions to game #792, May 3

Need a bit of help with NYT Strands today? No shame in that, and you've come to the right place. Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #791 as well as the answers, should it come to that.

We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #791, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #791.

Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints

The official theme for NYT Strands #791 is... "Something's fishy".

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "How unexpected".

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:

• QUARK
• REAL
• STRAND
• SWEARS
• TRAINS
• WATER
• QUARTER
• TRIES

Still struggling? The spangram touches two opposite sides of the board (but can start and end anywhere), and will give you a hint about the connection between the answers. Today, it starts with 'T' and ends in 'D'.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's THATSODD.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #791?

Drumroll, please...

• STRANGE
• UNUSUAL
• BIZARRE
• QUIRKY
• WEIRD
• PECULIAR

...and the spangram was THATSODD.

Strands #791

“Something's fishy”

🔵🔵🟡🔵

🔵🔵🔵

Hi Strands fans. The theme of "Something's fishy" initially had me thinking along very literal grounds. Surely this is a puzzle about sea life?

Nope. It's actually the 'suspicious' meaning of 'fishy', as I discovered when I found STRANGE in the top-left corner.

I then spotted UNUSUAL on the opposite side, which left the letters "odd" between the two. I extended this to the bottom of the board to read THATSODD for the spangram and I was truly on my way.

The rest of the right-hand side of the board was pretty straightforward. The suspicious 'Z' was part of BIZARRE, with the unusual 'Q' the front of QUIRKY below it.

The left-hand side wasn't much harder. WEIRD was in the middle, which just left PECULIAR below it to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? Here are the Strands answers for game #790.

• WIZARD
• PONY
• SAILOR
• COASTER
• SHUFFLE
• KICK
• SCUFF

...and the spangram was LINEDANCE.

Strands #790

“All the right moves”

🔵🔵🟡🔵

🔵🔵🔵🔵

Hi Strands fans. For the second day running, a topic I know nothing about that I somehow managed to complete without using any clues.

"All the right moves" meant nothing to me, and it meant even less when I found WIZARD in the top-right corner.

I then found PONY across from it, which left the letters 'L' and 'I' suspiciously open for a possible spangram. I followed these down and was able to spell out LINEDANCE.

Having never knowingly line danced in my life, this was going to be difficult, but at least the grid was now split in two. That helped me find SAILOR and COASTER below WIZARD to complete the right-hand side.

The left-hand side proved tougher, but eventually I found SHUFFLE in the bottom corner, and the floodgates opened. I immediately found KICK above it, and that just left SCUFF above that to complete the puzzle.