HIGHLIGHTS
- Today’s NYT Strands theme is “Keep On Keeping On”, meaning you must find words related to resilience and determination.
- The Spangram for today’s game is 10 characters long, starting with S and ending with G. It combines 2 different words.
- En, La, Su, Pe, Ab, and Per are the initials of the remaining words in today’s NYT Strands.
Among all the New York Times Publishers games, Strands and Connections are the best ones with creative word mechanics.
Unlike NYT Connections, Strands does not offer words to group out, but it offers a theme to analyze and create words from a 6*8-letter grid.
Today’s theme for NYT Strands is Keep on Keeping On, which seems to have a simple meaning, yet it is pretty hard to discover the words.
Keep On Keeping On Meaning In Today’s NYT Strands
If you analyze today’s NYT Strands theme closely and decode its meaning to find suitable words, it might be easy to guess the Spangram and finish the game.

Today’s theme Keep on Keeping On hints at the possibility of today’s words being related to a never-give-up attitude, resilience, or determination.
After closely analyzing the grid, I got a few words like Stay, Eats, and Dune, which helped me unlock one hint.
If you are not a regular player of the Strands, you should know that getting three random words will unlock one hint, making the game easy for beginners.

All Answers For May 13, 2025 NYT Strands
The best way to get a perfect score in NYT Strands is to get the Spangram first without using hints and getting the remaining ones later.
Analyzing today’s theme, it was not easy to find the Spangram, but after trying different words, I finally found the Spangram “Stay Strong.”

You will find the Spangram, starting with the first alphabet of the third row and ending with the fifth alphabet of the fourth column.
Once you get the spangram, you can think of other similar words and try hints with different words to complete the game.
Although I was not able to get the perfect score, I was able to complete today’s NYT Strands game with the following words;
- Endure
- Last
- Survive
- Perserve
- Abide
- Persist
- Stay Strong (Spangram)

All the words in today’s Strands will connect to the provided theme, making players think, “Oh yeah! Why didn’t I think of this word earlier?”

