NYT Strands today – my tips and answers for April 24 (#782)

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 Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Thursday, April 23 (Game #781).

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 NYT Strands today is below, so don’t continue reading if you don’t want to know the answers.

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NYT Strands today (game #782) – clue #1 – theme of the day

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Hullabaloo

NYT Strands today (game #782) – clue #2 – clue words

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

ROPE
CALL
LOBE
VALUE
CLOUD
GOOD

NYT Strands today (game #782) – clue #3 – spangram letters

How many letters are there in today’s spangram?

• Spangram has 11 letters

NYT Strands today (game #782) – clue #4 – spangram position

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

First side: top, 4th column

Last side: left, 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 #782) – the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 782 on blue background — (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Strands, game #782, are…

SHOUT
CRY
MEOW
BELOW
BRAIL
CLAMOR
SPANGRAM: LETSGETLOUD

My rating: Hard
My rating: 1 clue

“Hullabaloo” is one of those words that’s nice to say but, like all words today, straddles the line between mindless and boring – fun if you’re the one meowing, less fun if you’re trying to do a word search while someone is meowing.

WHOOP is, of all, the most acceptable and something people are allowed to do as a sign of appreciation at a concert or at the end of a play, but the rest are the kinds of activities that will get an adult arrested, or at the very least stared at.

Beyond the enjoyable word search, I was also happy to see the return of the unnecessarily long spangram after a string of sensible words – even if it requires an apostrophe.

Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Thursday April 23, Thu #781)

THUNDER
UNDERWORLD
MARRIAGE
LOVE
HARVEST
WISDOM
SPANGRAM: DOMAIN

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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