Looking for a different day?
A new NEW Strands puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people always play ‘today’s game’ while others play ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for the Thursday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Hints and Answers for Thursday, April 2 (Game #760).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game, following the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult though, so read on for my Strands tips.
SPOILER ALERT: 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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NEW Strands today (game #761) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Smooth (ie) operator
NEW Strands Today (Game #761) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- LINE
- PLACE
- CLAP
- PINE
- PYRE
- FRUIT
NEW Strands today (game #761) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 13 letters
NEW Strands today (game #761) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: left, 5th row
Last page: right, 4th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #761) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #761, are…
- GUAVA
- Acai
- PINEAPPLE
- LYCHEE
- MANGO
- PAPAYA
- SPANGRAM: TROPICAL FRUIT
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Unlike the hits of 80s legend Sade (who sang the brilliant Smooth operator) it was immediately obvious that we were looking for smoothie ingredients.
It wasn’t immediately obvious that all the words would be TROPICALFRUIT, so my first thought was banana – the key ingredient in most smoothies – a search you could say proved fruitless.
Smoothies are a key point in an HBO show I’m currently watching – DTF St Louis – where one of the characters poses as a regular consumer of The Go Getter at her local juice shop, where it is later revealed that she is a regular Watermelon Breeze consumer. That’s quite the twist!
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Thursday, April 2, Game #760)
- AGENT
- BETTOR
- JOCKEY
- TIPSTERS
- BOOKIE
- COACH
- SPANGRAM: HORSE
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-anymore word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a full-fledged member of NYT’s game stable that’s been running for a year and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a full guide on how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips to solve it, so check it out if you struggle to beat it every day.
