Strands is released at midnight in your time zone. To accommodate players around the world, we publish two Strands Sidekicks each day, based on Eastern Standard Time. If you find yourself on the wrong Sidekick, check your puzzle’s number, and go to this page to find its corresponding Sidekick post.

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.

Need help? Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle No. 436 for May 13.

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Here's today's Strands answers and hints. These clues will help you solve The New York Times' popular puzzle game, Strands, every day.

Today's NYT Strands puzzle was an easy one, for a change. Maybe it's because I grew up on a Minnesota lake that I found all the answers super-familiar. If you need hints and answers, read on.