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 18 (game #776).
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 #777) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Small change
NYT Strands today (game #777) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
MIXEDVOTERWEARMADEMINTRAKE
NYT Strands today (game #777) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 13 letters
NYT Strands today (game #777) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 1st row
Last side: right, 8th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #777) – the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today’s Strands, game #777, are…
ADJUSTMODIFYTWEAKREFINEIMPROVEALTERSPANGRAM: THEREIFIXEDITMy rating: HardMy score: Perfect
Despite the fact that I managed to complete this game without any hints I’m still classing it as “tricky”, because it took me longer than normal to complete — and that was with the big help of a couple of rare letters.
The other head start was that after seeing “there” on the board I decided it had to be a part of the spangram and continued connecting letters until I got to THEREIFIXEDIT — a spangram that felt very similar to a magician pulling an endless handkerchief from a top hat.
Today’s search, then, was all about perfectionism and people who have to get things just so in order to feel they have completed a job to their high standards — a character trait I most certainly do not have myself. Instead of “there I fixed it”, my phrase when repairing things is “there that’ll do”. Maybe us shirkers will get a Strands of our own one day.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Saturday, April 18, game #776)
BUDGETBARGAININEXPENSIVEAFFORDABLESALESPANGRAM: ONTHECHEAP
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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