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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
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.