Looking for a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, April 11 (game #769).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
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NYT Strands today (game #770) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Get ready
NYT Strands today (game #770) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- SURE
- MIRTH
- TRUE
- BRIAR
- MERGE
- THEME
NYT Strands today (game #770) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #770) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 3rd column
Last side: bottom, 4th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #770) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #770, are…
- COMB
- BRUSH
- PREEN
- GROOM
- BEAUTIFY
- STYLE
- SPANGRAM: INTHEMIRROR
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
You know when you get a word in the first second that you are in for an easy run and that was the case for me today after getting COMB the instant I looked at the board.
That’s not to say I didn’t hit a couple of bumps in the road.
For starters, I could see that the spangram began with I-N-T-H-E but it took me a while to complete INTHEMIRROR. Then, I got snagged on “beauty” coming back as a non-game word, not initially realizing we were looking for BEAUTIFY.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Saturday, April 11, game #769)
- BERET
- SOMBRERO
- DERBY
- BOWLER
- FEDORA
- BEANIE
- TOQUE
- SPANGRAM: TOPGEAR
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
