NYT Strands today – my tips and answers for April 6 (#764)

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.

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NYT Strands today (game #764) – clue #1 – theme of the day

NYT Strands today (game #764) – clue #2 – clue words

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

• DARK
• GRADE
• MEET
• TRIM
• RING
• TEXT

NYT Strands today (game #764) – clue #3 – spangram letters

NYT Strands today (game #764) – clue #4 – spangram position

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

NYT Strands today (game #764) – the answers

The answers to today’s Strands, game #764, are…

• EDGE
• END
• EDGE
• EDGE
• MARGIN
• LIMIT
• SPANGRAM: EXTERNAL LIMITS

• My rating: Hard
• My rating: 1 clue

Thinking that “fringe group” was some sort of pun based on hair, I was certain that “cut” would be my first word.

Instead, after receiving a hint from EDGE, I quickly discovered that the theme referred to the OUTERLIMITS (also the name of a great 1990s sci-fi series, by the way) things.

It’s so strange with Strands that just a little flick of the thumbs up and you see all the rest of the words you’re looking for, a feeling that simultaneously makes you feel smart for seeing them all in the middle of the letter soup and stupid for not having spotted them originally.

Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Sunday, April 5, Game #763)

• KANGAROO
• BILBY
• KOALA
• WOMBAT
• OPOSSUM
• SPANGRAM: MARSUPIALS

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