NYT Strands today hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, April 14 (game #42)

Date:
Sat, 13 Apr 2024 23:10:00 +0000

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Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the Spangram.

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Have you been hooked by Strands yet? It's fast becoming a must-play for me, (almost) as essential as getting my daily Wordle fix.

Presumably, if you're reading this page then you are at least vaguely interested in it so read on for some hints for today's 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 #42) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is Join the club! NYT Strands today (game #42) - hint #2 - clue words What are some good clue words today?

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

MATE

MATES

SMITH

WITH

RULE

PICK NYT Strands today (game #42) - hint #3 - spangram What is a hint for today's spangram?

Yum! NYT Strands today (game #42) - hint #4 - spangram position Where does today's spangram start and end?

Start: left, 4th row

End: right, 4th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #42) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #42, are BACON MAYONNAISE TOMATO LETTUCE PICKLE TURKEY SPANGRAM: SANDWICH My rating: Moderate My score: Perfect

Sandwiches are objectively the best food, so this one should have been right up my street. Unfortunately, I've never eaten a club sandwich, so found it slightly harder than some people might have done. Why? Well, the fact that
I'm a vegetarian is probably the main reason, but to that I can add that a) mayonnaise is the devil's condiment, b) the best sandwiches are simple, not stuffed with needless ingredients. Just give me mature cheddar with salted butter and freshly baked bread and I'm in heaven.

Anyway, for that reason I found it difficult to uncover all of the words
until MAYONNAISE gave the board some structure, after which point it was easier to spot the remaining answers. Even then, it took me a while to see PICKLE; why would you put pickle in a sandwich that already has all of that
in it? Madness.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday 13 April, game #41) QUEEN RUSH JOURNEY HEART OASIS NIRVANA POISON SPANGRAM: ROCKBANDS What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's currently in Beta and 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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NYT Strands today hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, April 21 (game #49)

Date:
Sun, 21 Apr 2024 01:24:23 +0000

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Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the Spangram.

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Either today's NYT Strands game is the toughest for weeks or I was off form today. I suspect it's a little of column A, a little of column B. Give it a
go and see how you fare and take advantage of my Strands hints if you need help finding the answers.

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 #49) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is That's life! NYT Strands today (game #49) - hint #2 - clue words What are some good clue words today?

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

TEAR

RATES

SKATE

TASK

LEAK

CRANE NYT Strands today (game #49) - hint #3 - spangram What is a hint for today's spangram?

Landmark events NYT Strands today (game #49) - hint #4 - spangram position Where does today's spangram start and end?

Start: bottom, 3rd column

End: left, 4th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #49) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #49, are DRIVE SPEAK CRAWL MARRY VOTE GRADUATE RETIRE SPANGRAM: MILESTONES My rating: Very tough My score: Two
hints

Wow! Where to start here then? Well, I guess I can begin with how tough it is
answer: very.

Your mileage may vary, of course, but it certainly foxed me, and I needed two hints to solve today's Strands puzzle, for the first time since my very first game several weeks ago.

The problem, for me at least, was that the theme was so vague. Yes, after I'd solved it all it became a little clearer, but 'Milestones' is a lot less focused than, for instance, things you use for sewing or ways of walking.

I was also totally thrown by the spangram. This was a misreading on my part, but it was my understanding that the spangram would always go from one side
of the board to the other top to bottom or vice-versa, or left to
right/right to left. Today's doesn't do that it goes from bottom to right to left, and for that reason I simply couldn't find it until there was no other path left for it, once I'd found all of the other words.

On reflection, this is my mistake. The rules state that "The spangram describes the puzzles theme and touches two opposite sides of the board . It may be two words." Note that it doesn't say it only touches two opposite sides. So today's does satisfy that requirement. And in fairness, it also happened with TAILORING for game #46, I just didn't notice it there because I found it an easy NYT Strands puzzle to solve in general.

My solving strategy here was therefore one of brute force. I played as many words as I could, without necessarily realizing they were part of an overall pattern, until I had three of them: SPEAK, CRAWL and MARRY. At this point I realized what was going on, but I still struggled to find either other examples or what the spangram might be, so ended up using those hints. Maybe that's because the NYT's milestones are not necessarily what mine would be. Sure, voting and graduating and driving are all things I've done, but none were massively notable for me compared to other landmark events such as going to my first music festival or becoming a father (the latter is obviously more of a big deal than the former, though my 18-year-old self would not have predicted that).

Anyway, I got there in the end. Let's hope tomorrow's is a little easier,
yes?

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday 20 April, game #48) STROLL STRUT MARCH AMBLE TRUDGE TREK SAUNTER SPANGRAM: PEDESTRIAN What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's currently in Beta and 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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NYT Strands today hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, April 28 (game #56)

Date:
Sat, 27 Apr 2024 23:10:00 +0000

Description:
Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the Spangram.

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I wouldn't describe today's NYT Strands puzzle as a particularly difficult one, but that doesn't make it easy either; very few of them could be called that. But don't worry! I have help for you below in the form of several hints to get you started. Check them out if you need them, scroll down to my commentary if not.

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 #56) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is Coming clean NYT Strands today (game #56) - hint #2 - clue words What are some good clue words today?

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

DIET

WORSE

POEM

DITCH

WIDEN

WATCH NYT Strands today (game #56) - hint #3 - spangram What is a hint for today's spangram?

Water fall NYT Strands today (game #56) - hint #4 - spangram position Where does today's spangram start and end?

Start: left, 3rd row

End: right, 4th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #56) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #56, are RAZOR WASHCLOTH SOAP SPONGE SHAMPOO CONDITIONER SPANGRAM: SHOWER My rating: Moderate My score: Perfect

This probably qualifies as a medium-difficulty Strands puzzle, because a couple of the words are quite long and therefore harder to find, and a couple of the shorter ones have uncommon letters of spelling. That can sometimes help, but not in this case for me at least.

I got started easily enough, uncovering SHAMPOO and realizing that the theme clue Coming clean was going to mean finding personal cleaning items. I didn't quite have the shower element yet, though, especially once I found RAZOR; I'm sure plenty of people shave in the shower, but I'm not one of
them, so I didn't yet make that connection. The trouble after that was simply that I couldn't find more words. I spotted WASH, but it didn't turn blue, and it took me ages to realize it continued into WASHCLOTH. SOAP was backwards,
so to speak, so that took me a while too. And CONDITIONER foxed me right
until I'd discovered everything else. Maybe it was just a bad day for me.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday 27 April, game #55) QUEEN DOCTOR ADMIRAL REVEREND PROFESSOR SENATOR SPANGRAM: TITLES What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's currently in Beta and 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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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hi nts-28-april-2024


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