NYT Strands today – my tips and answers for April 27 (#785)

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 26 (Game #784).

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 #785) – clue #1 – theme of the day

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

• The theme of today’s NYT Strands is… Yes.

NYT Strands today (game #785) – clue #2 – clue words

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

YETI
FACED
SCORE
NAIL
RICE
CRANE

NYT Strands today (game #785) – clue #3 – spangram letters

How many letters are there in today’s spangram?

• Spangram has 10 letters

NYT Strands today (game #785) – clue #4 – spangram position

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

First side: top, 2nd column

Last side: bottom, 3rd column

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

NYT Strands today (game #785) – the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 785 on blue background — (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Strands, game #785, are…

STALACTITE
IOTA
IVORY
ICON
ISLAND
IRONIC
SPANGRAM: OPEN YOUR EYES

My rating: Hard
My rating: Perfect

The theme stumped me for a while today.

“The ayes have it!” reads like a joke about parliamentary procedure, which briefly sent me in the wrong direction. These are actually words that start with I – as in the letter, as in “eye”. Sometimes Strands themes are a law unto themselves.

After getting ICICLE and IOTA the penny dropped and from now on it was just a matter of searching for the letter I had repeatedly.

Answers from yesterday’s NYT Strands (Sunday April 26, match #784)

ARGUE
DIFFER
QUARREL
DISPUTE
QUARREL
BIGGLE
SPANGRAM: LOCKHORNS

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). 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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