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 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.
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 #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.
- MIXED
- VOTER
- WEAR
- MADE
- MINT
- RAKE
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
The answers to today’s Strands, game #777, are…
- ADJUST
- MODIFY
- TWEAK
- REFINE
- IMPROVE
- ALTER
- SPANGRAM: THEREIFIXEDIT
- My rating: Hard
- My 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)
- BUDGET
- BARGAIN
- INEXPENSIVE
- AFFORDABLE
- SALE
- SPANGRAM: 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.
