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 Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, April 16 (game #774).
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 #775) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Shell company
NYT Strands today (game #775) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- TALK
- CORK
- POLL
- SLUR
- MELON
- SPOUSE
NYT Strands today (game #775) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 7 letters
NYT Strands today (game #775) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th 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 #775) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #775, are…
- OYSTER
- CLAM
- CONCH
- ABALONE
- LIMPET
- MUSSEL
- SCALLOP
- SPANGRAM: MOLLUSK
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Unlike previous rounds I was right to take today’s theme literally and go off in search of sea creatures that have shells, aka a MOLLUSK, which automatically led me to today’s spangram.
This was my 81st spangram first. How many do you have?
As a lover of seafood I found this search quite an easy one. ABALONE was my only moment of uncertainty and I suffered word blindness by missing my favorite food of all, SCALLOP.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday, April 16, game #774)
- HOBBY
- RECREATION
- SIDELINE
- INTEREST
- PASTIME
- SPANGRAM: JUSTFORFUN
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.
