Looking for a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, April 4 (game #762).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
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NYT Strands today (game #763) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Pouch perfect
NYT Strands today (game #763) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
NYT Strands today (game #763) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #763) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 5th row
Last side: right, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #763) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #763, are…
- KANGAROO
- BILBY
- KOALA
- WOMBAT
- OPOSSUM
- SPANGRAM: MARSUPIALS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
A very curious theme where my first thought was KANGAROO, because of the pouches they keep their babies, boxing gloves and loose change in.
Thankfully this was correct, as the only other ‘pouches’ that came to mind were the ones worn by bodybuilders in the 1980s.
So then, somewhat predictably after I found KANGAROO, I drew a blank and used my collection of non-game words to buy a couple of hints — BILBY didn’t help me much but with KOALA I went in search of the word MARSUPIALS, which I thought applied to animals from Australia, but actually refers to animals who raise their young in the aforementioned pouches.
There were tricky words in today’s game too, not least OPOSSUM, which took me several attempts to order correctly as I thought it started with a P not an O, something that depends on whether you are using the US or Australian spelling.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Saturday, April 4, game #762)
- DAFFODIL
- TULIP
- HYACINTH
- CROCUS
- SNOWDROP
- SPANGRAM: SPRINGBLOSSOM
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
