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 Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, April 14 (game #772).
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 today (game #773) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Gift of the month
NYT Strands today (game #773) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- DIET
- GONE
- QUEST
- POST
- SHUT
- RATE
NYT Strands today (game #773) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #773) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th row
Last side: right, 8th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #773) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #773, are…
- TOPAZ
- TURQUOISE
- OPAL
- GARNET
- DIAMOND
- PERIDOT
- SPANGRAM: BIRTHSTONE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
After spotting “birth” on the board it took me a while to connect it up to the rest of the spangram and find BIRTHSTONE; I was expecting it to become birthday.
From here it was just a case of finding gemstones that represent particular months — of which I know a sum total of zero, despite having purchased a few as gifts over the years.
It was then something of a struggle, but the letters Z and Q helped narrow things down and point towards TOPAZ and TURQUOISE, plus OPAL — as it was sandwiched between them. With my first finds out of the way I was able to navigate the rest of the game, but even so it took me a hint and proceeded at snail's pace.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, April 14, game #772)
- HAZY
- BLURRY
- SOFT
- CLOUDY
- FADED
- MUTED
- BEDIMMED
- SPANGRAM: OUTOFFOCUS
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.
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