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A new NEW Strands puzzle pops up 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 Saturday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Tips and Answers for Saturday, April 4 (Game #762).
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 #763) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NEW Strands theme is… Perfect bag
NEW Strands Today (Game #763) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
NEW Strands today (game #763) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NEW Strands today (game #763) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: left, 5th row
Last page: right, 5th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #763) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #763, are…
- KANGAROO
- CAR CITY
- KOALA
- WOMBAT
- OPOSSUM
- SPANGRAM: IN PROGRESS
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
A very strange theme where my first thought was KANGAROO because of the bags they keep their babies, boxing gloves and loose change in.
Fortunately, this was correct as the only other ‘bags’ that came to mind were those worn by bodybuilders in the 1980s.
So somewhat predictably, after I found KANGAROO, I drew a blank and used my collection of non-play words to buy a few hints – BILBY didn’t help me much, but with KOALA I went in search of the word MARSUPIALS, which I thought was for animals from Australia, but actually refers to animals that raise their young in the aforementioned pouches.
There were also tricky words in today’s game, not least OPOSSUM, which took me several tries to order correctly as I thought it started with a P not an O, something that depends on whether you use the American or Australian spelling.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Saturday, April 4, Game #762)
- Daffodil
- TULIP
- HYACINTH
- CROCUS
- SNOW LAKE
- SPANGRAM: SPRING FLOWER
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.
