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 Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, April 25 (game #418).
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 #419) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Face time
NYT Strands today (game #419) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- DAPPER
- ZERO
- PURE
- RIPE
- PRUNE
- DREAM
NYT Strands today (game #419) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #419) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 4th column
Last side: bottom, 6th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #419) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #419, are…
- POWDER
- BRONZER
- PRIMER
- CONCEALER
- FOUNDATION
- SPANGRAM: MAKEUP EXAM
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
I really struggled with today’s search and needed a couple of hints to set me on my way. That said, I also struggled to find that many hint words – “exam” was one of them, but I didn’t spot that it could be part of the spangram.
There were also some fun switchbacks today, with BRONZER particularly difficult to connect together.
It was a similar confusing story trying to work out what the Spangram meant. Is mastering the application of these facial products essential to avoiding being a beauty school dropout?
Fortunately, Google helped me see the double meaning of make-up exam being the name of an examination given to someone who has missed or failed a test.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Friday, April 25, game #418)
- CROSS
- DIPPER
- SWAN
- MAIDEN
- HUNTER
- CENTAUR
- SPANGRAM: CONSTELLATIONS
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.
