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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 Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, April 13 (game #406) . 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 hints and answers for Wednesday, April 2 (game #395) NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, April 9 (game #402) NYT Strands today (game #407) - hint #1 - today's theme • Today's NYT Strands theme is...
April showers ...
NYT Strands today (game #407) - hint #2 - clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. STOP FILL SNOW SHIRT GRIN FOLD NYT Strands today (game #407) - hint #3 - spangram letters • Spangram has 13 letters NYT Strands today (game #407) - hint #4 - spangram position First side: bottom, 3rd column Last side: top, 4th column Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #407) - the answers The answers to today's Strands, game #407, are.
.. IRIS DAFFODIL TULIP HYACINTH LILY CROCUS SPANGRAM: SPRING FLOWERS My rating: Moderate My score: 1 hint At first I thought we were looking for synonyms for rain – I even found “snow” hidden in the puzzle – but thankfully this wasn’t the case.
Get daily insight, inspiration and deals in your inbox Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. Drawing a blank and spotting lots of words that actually were not in the game, I took a hint to get me going and didn’t look back. The first word I got myself was DAFFODIL – a flower which doesn’t carry the same gravitas as the others in our SPRING FLOWERS search.
At least that’s the case in the UK, where they’re the lowest-cost flowers you can buy and as a consequence are great for a bit of cheap and cheerful color but don’t really cut it if you’re buying flowers to send some a romantic message. They don’t so much say ‘I love you’ as much as ‘I’d rather not spend too much money on you’. How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
HELLO FLEW PILOT QUEEN HEIGHT PLAQUE SPREAD SPANGRAM: COLOR RHYMES 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 h ow to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.
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