Hints and Solutions for NYT Strands on May 17

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If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game. Strands 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.

        <h3>Today's NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: She's got game</h3>
        <p>The words are sports-related.</p>

        <h3>Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained</h3>
        <p>These words are popular women's sports teams.</p>
        <p>NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?</p>
        <p>Today's NYT Strands spangram is vertical.</p>
        <p>NYT Strands spangram answer today: Basketball</p>

        <h3>Strands 101: How to win NYT’s latest word game</h3>

        <h3>NYT Strands word list for May 17</h3>
        <p>Storm, Fever, Wings, Dream, Basketball, Mercury, Liberty, Lynx</p>
        <p>If you're looking for other daily online games, explore our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.</p>
        <p>Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Strands.</p>

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