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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, April 14 (game #407).
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 #408) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Draft picks
NYT Strands today (game #408) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- STREET
- RISE
- CRACK
- TOWER
- SIRE
- CROW
NYT Strands today (game #408) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters
NYT Strands today (game #408) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 6th row
Last side: right, 4th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #408) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #408, are…
- SOUR
- NITRO
- LAGER
- BOCK
- STOUT
- PORTER
- PILSNER
- SPANGRAM: MICRO BREWERY
- My rating: Moderate
- My score: 1 hint
After fearing that today’s search would have something to do with sports drafts, I was relieved to be on the more solid ground of alcoholic beverages, and beer in particular.
Cunningly, the grid featured the word BEER – but it wasn’t one of the answers. Crafty, crafty…
I did struggle to get going and the word the Hint gave me – SOUR – didn’t help much. It wasn’t until I spotted LAGER that I knew what I was doing. BOCK and NITRO were both new beery words to me, although I’ve seen both incorporated into German beer brands.
All in all, thirsty work.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Monday, 14 April, game #407)
- IRIS
- DAFFODIL
- TULIP
- HYACINTH
- LILY
- CROCUS
- SPANGRAM: SPRING FLOWERS
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.
