Looking for another day?
A new new strands puzzle appear at midnight every day for your time zone – which means some people always play ‘Today’s Games’ while others play ‘yesterday’s’. If you are looking for Wednesday’s puzzle instead Then click here: New Strand’s Tip and Response to Wednesday, April 23 (Game #416).
Strands is New’s latest word play after them like Wordle, Spellbi and connections – and it’s fun. However, it can be difficult, so read on for my threads tips.
Want more word -based fun? Then check out my new connections today and Quordle today pages for tips and answers to these games, and Marc’s Wordle Today page for the original viral Word game.
Spoiler Warning: Information about new threads today is below, so do not read on if you do not want to know the answers.
New Strands Today (Game #417) – Tip No. 1 – Today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s new threads?
• Today’s new strings are … rough material
New Strands Today (Game #417) – Tip No. 2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the game tip system.
- Snap
- COOL
- Sloth
- Nest
- Softened
- FOOL
New Strands Today (Game #417) – Tip No. 3 – Spanframe letter
How many letters are there at the point of the day?
• Spangram has 10 letters
New Strands Today (Game #417) – Tip No. 4 – Spanggramp Dosition
What are two sides of the board that today’s tense touches?
First page: top, 3rd column
Last Page: Bottom, 6. Column
Right, the answers are below, so no longer roll if you don’t want to see them.
New -threads today (game #417) – the answers
The answers to today’s threads, game #417, is …
- Sandpaper
- ROPE
- Pumice
- BARK
- Loofah
- Sackcloth
- Spanggram: rough things
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Today’s theme immediately got me looking for sandpaper, and that was actually the first word I found.
Several peculiar bathing hours – objects made it to our search for rough things – loofah and pumice. Both things that are few under 50, but with natural exfoliating abilities that have been the test of the time.
I thought it used to be that loofahs were the remains of a seaplant, like mushrooms, but they are actually a dried kale bass, a kind of long pumpkin that was primarily used to scrub back. The pumice stone comes from a similar old-school place, a porous piece of volcanic rock that is good for cleaning and polishing.
The Bisarre wonder of the pumice was celebrated in song by older English songwriter John Shuttleworth recently, who was amazed at the other worldwide wonder and crowned “I loved it, it worked a treat by removing hard skin from my feet”. Every home must have one.
How did you do today? Tell me that in the comments below.
Yesterday’s new strings response (Wednesday, April 23, Game #416)
- PEACH
- Larva
- Chenille
- Duckling
- Slippers
- Spanggram: Become unclear
What is new threads?
Strands is Nyt’s non-new-new-more word games after Wordle and connections. It is now a fully expanded member of Nyt’s Games Stable, which has been running for a year and can be played on the new Games website on desktop or mobile.
I have a full guide on how to play new threads, complete with tips to solve it, so check it out if you struggle to beat it every day.
