NYT Strands today – my tips and answers for April 13 (#771)

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 are looking for the Sunday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Sunday, April 12 (Game #770).

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 #771) – clue #1 – theme of the day

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Although it’s not in use

NYT Strands today (game #771) – clue #2 – clue words

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

SHOE
BEAR
HEEL
ROWDY
DIRT
HORSE

NYT Strands today (game #771) – clue #3 – spangram letters

How many letters are there in today’s spangram?

• Spangram has 11 letters

NYT Strands today (game #771) – clue #4 – spangram position

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

First side: left, 1st row

Last side: right, 6th 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 #771) – the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 771 on blue background — (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Strands, game #771, are…

BIKE
GRILL
MOWER
WHEELBARROW
TOOLS
PIPE
SPANGRAM: STORAGE COVERING

My rating: Hard
My rating: 1 clue

A day to forget for me.

I hope I wasn’t the only person in the world who didn’t realize that we were looking for things you would keep in a warehouse and instead I was looking for other things you could keep your trash in.

After abandoning this unsuccessful diversion, I realized the error of my approach.

That said, other than TOOLS, my shed is far too small to store the items we were looking for – that’s no excuse!

Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Sunday April 12, Match #770)

COMB
BRUSH
PREEN
MARRIED
EMBELLISH
STYLE
SPANGRAM: IN THE MIRROR

What is 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.

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