NYT Strands today – my advice and answers for April 5 (#763)

Home screen of NYT Strands on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background — (Image credit: New York Times)

Want a different day?

A new NYT Strands puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Saturday, April 4 (Game #762).

Strands is the latest pun from The New York Times after Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s a lot of fun. It can be difficult, though, so keep reading my Strands tips.

SPOILER WARNING: The information on today’s NYT Strands is below, so don’t continue reading if you don’t want to know the answers.

Article continues below

NYT Strands today (game #763) – clue #1 – theme of the day

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Perfect Cover

NYT Strands today (game #763) – clue #2 – clue words

Play one of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.

UTERUS
PRAY
BALL
BLOODY
MASS
BUCKET

NYT Strands today (game #763) – clue #3 – spangram letters

How many letters are there in today’s spangram?

• Spangram has 10 letters

NYT Strands today (game #763) – clue #4 – spangram position

What are the two sides of the picture that today’s spangram touches?

First side: left, 5th row

Last side: right, 5th row

That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #763) – the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 763 on blue background — (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Strands, game #763, are…

KANGAROO
BILBY
KOALA
WOMBAT
OPOSSUM
SPANGRAM: MARSUPIALS

My rating: Hard
My rating: 2 tips

A very curious theme where my first thought was KANGAROO, because of the pouches in which they store their babies, their boxing gloves and their small change.

Luckily, that was correct, because the only other “pouches” that came to mind were those worn by bodybuilders in the 1980s.

So, as expected, after finding KANGAROO, I drew a blank and used my collection of non-gaming words to buy some clues – BILBY didn’t help me much, but with KOALA I went looking for the word MARSUPIALS, which I thought applied to the animals of Australia, but actually refers to the animals that raise their young in the aforementioned pouches.

There were also some tricky words in today’s game, including OPOSSUM, which took me several attempts to sort correctly because I thought it started with a P and not an O, which depends on whether you’re using American or Australian spelling.

Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Saturday, April 4, Game #762)

DAFFODIL
TULIP
HYACINTH
CROCUS
SNOWDROP
SPANGRAM: SPRING FLOWER

What are NYT Strands?

Strands is the not-so-new pun from The New York Times, after Wordle and Connections. It’s now a full member of the year-old NYT games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I have a complete guide on how to play NYT Strands, with tips for solving it, so check it out if you’re struggling to beat it every day.

Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs’ eye. Previously known as Pop Detective, his journalistic career began by making up stories about Madonna’s addiction to sausage rolls (not true, by the way). A man of little talent, his career is rich and varied and includes interviews with Elton John and Blur; and the downside of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing in a Channel 5 documentary on Peter Kay and fact-checking a German cook’s instruction manual. Somehow, still having the means to live in north London, he is happiest riding his bike and shouting at pigeons.

Related