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Yesterday's answerNeed some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "Half-and-half" — is difficult, even when you have a couple of answers in place.Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #400, as well as the answers, should it come to that. We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #400, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #400.Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hintsThe official theme for NYT Strands #400 is..
. "Half-and-half".And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Combined critters".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:LOCKAFFAIRMICECARESTAYRICEBRIDEFIGUREStill struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with H and ends with E.Scroll down to find out what it is.
..It's HYBRIDCREATURE.
Today's Strands answersSo, what are today's Strands answers for game #400?Drumroll, please...
SATYRMERMANJACKALOPECENTAURGRIFFIN(Image credit: Alan Martin)...
and the spangram was HYBRIDCREATURE.Strands #400“Half-and-half”💡🔵💡🔵🟡🔵🔵🔵Hi Strands fans. Four hundred puzzles! Well done if you've been playing since day one (I haven't, having joined in after 40 or so in.
)Despite all that practice, today's was a reminder that you can still struggle. In fact, I had to use two clues to get started.That was because I'd not heard of a SATYR, but MERMAN left no room for ambiguity.
Today's puzzle was, it turns out, all about HYBRIDCREATUREs, and dividing the board in half with that spangram made things a lot easier.JACKALOPE was isolated in the bottom-left corner to complete that side of the grid, and that just left two two unravel on the right-hand side. CENTAUR was the top answer, while GRIFFIN was below it to complete the puzzle.
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NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #400 (Monday, April 7 2025)

We help you find today's Strands answers with some useful hints and tips to win.