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 Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, April 9 (game #767).
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.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #768) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… On the sly
NYT Strands today (game #768) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
WHEREEASYWINEWINGEDSICKHALF
NYT Strands today (game #768) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 8 letters
NYT Strands today (game #768) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 1st column
Last side: bottom, 5th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #768) – the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today’s Strands, game #768, are…
WILYCANNYSHREWDSLICKCRAFTYCUNNINGSPANGRAM: LIKEAFOXMy rating: EasyMy score: Perfect
“On the sly”? Maybe this was something to do with the hits of Sly & The Family Stone? Except I couldn’t think of any of their hits beyond Family Affair, so that was quickly ruled out.
A hint gave me WILY and then I linked L-I-K-E-A, but instead of heading towards F-O-X I meandered to S-H-R-E-W — “like a shrew” sounded almost like a spangram, but after getting SHREWD I realized that I had missed LIKEAFOX.
From here, the board opened up and I was able to complete the game — but I would say my laborious gameplay today decidedly lacked CUNNING.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday, April 9, game #767)
ENAMELPASTELFRESCOACRYLICWATERCOLORTEMPERASPANGRAM: MEDIUM
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.
Source: Latest from TechRadar US in Internet News
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