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 Tuesday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Hints and Answers for Tuesday, April 21 (Game #779).
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 #780) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Earth Day
NEW Strands Today (Game #780) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- RINSE
- SORE
- CREATES
- LATER
- DOVE
- REFUNDED
NEW Strands today (game #780) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 12 letters
NEW Strands today (game #780) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: left, 4th row
Last page: top, 4th column
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #780) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #780, are…
- REPAIR
- REUSE
- DONATE
- FILLING
- REUSE
- REDUCE
- SPANGRAM: CONSERVATION
- My assessment: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Today is of course Earth Day, an annual event where all of us as humans can show our support for the environment by behaving sustainably and thinking about how we can protect the planet for the future. Not blowing it up might be a good start.
Despite the theme being obvious, I was quite slow to get going today and saw lots of words that I should have clocked as game words.
In fact, I saw “repaid” before I saw REPAIR, “conserve” before the spanframe CONSERVATION, and “cycle” before RECYCLE.
Unlike previous games, this one lacked a decidedly ridiculously long word – perhaps the game makers chose not to be wasteful with their letters.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Tuesday, April 21, Game #779)
- BOLD
- INCREDIBLE
- GUTSY
- BRAVE
- ADVENTUROUS
- SPANGRAM: DAREDEVILS
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.
