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 23 (game #781).
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 #782) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Hullabaloo
NYT Strands today (game #782) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- ROPE
- CALL
- LOBE
- WORTH
- CLOUD
- WELL
NYT Strands today (game #782) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #782) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 4th column
Last side: left, 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 #782) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #782, are…
- SHOUT
- WHOOP
- CATERWAUL
- BELLOW
- HOLLER
- CLAMOR
- SPANGRAM: LETSGETLOUD
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
“Hullabaloo” is one of those words that’s enjoyable to say but, in common with all of today’s words, straddles the border between giddy and annoying — fun if you’re the one doing the caterwauling, less fun if you’re trying to do a word search while someone is caterwauling.
WHOOP is, among them all, the most acceptable and something that people are allowed to do as a sign of appreciation at a concert or at the end of a play, but the rest are the kind of activities that will get an adult arrested, or at the very least stared at.
Beyond the pleasurable word search I was also pleased to see the return of the needlessly long spangram after a series of sensible ones — albeit one that demands an apostrophe.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday, April 23, game #781)
- THUNDER
- UNDERWORLD
- MARRIAGE
- LOVE
- HARVEST
- WISDOM
- SPANGRAM: DOMAIN
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.
