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 Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, April 12 (game #770).
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 #771) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… While not in use
NYT Strands today (game #771) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- SHOE
- BEAR
- HEEL
- ROWDY
- GRIME
- HORSE
NYT Strands today (game #771) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #771) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: left, 1st row
Last side: right, 6th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #771) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #771, are…
- BICYCLE
- GRILL
- MOWER
- WHEELBARROW
- TOOLS
- HOSE
- SPANGRAM: STORAGESHED
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
A day to forget for me.
Hopefully I was not the only person in the world that didn’t realize we were looking for things that you would keep inside a STORAGESHED and was instead searching for other things you could keep your junk in.
After abandoning this fruitless diversion I took a hint and realized the error of my ways.
Having said that, other than TOOLS my shed is far too small to store any of the items we were hunting for — not that that’s any excuse!
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Sunday, April 12, game #770)
- COMB
- BRUSH
- PREEN
- GROOM
- BEAUTIFY
- STYLE
- SPANGRAM: INTHEMIRROR
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.
