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 9 (game #767).
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 #768) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… On the sly
NYT Strands today (game #768) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- WHERE
- EASY
- WINE
- WINGED
- SICK
- HALF
NYT Strands today (game #768) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 8 letters
NYT Strands today (game #768) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 1st column
Last side: bottom, 5th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #768) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #768, are…
- WILY
- CANNY
- SHREWD
- SLICK
- CRAFTY
- CUNNING
- SPANGRAM: LIKEAFOX
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
“On the sly”? Maybe this was something to do with the hits of Sly & The Family Stone? Except I couldn’t think of any of their hits beyond Family Affair, so that was quickly ruled out.
A hint gave me WILY and then I linked L-I-K-E-A, but instead of heading towards F-O-X I meandered to S-H-R-E-W — “like a shrew” sounded almost like a spangram, but after getting SHREWD I realized that I had missed LIKEAFOX.
From here, the board opened up and I was able to complete the game — but I would say my laborious gameplay today decidedly lacked CUNNING.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday, April 9, game #767)
- ENAMEL
- PASTEL
- FRESCO
- ACRYLIC
- WATERCOLOR
- TEMPERA
- SPANGRAM: MEDIUM
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.
