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 Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, April 23 (game #781).
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.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #782) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Hullabaloo
NYT Strands today (game #782) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- ROPE
- CALL
- LOBE
- WORTH
- CLOUD
- WELL
NYT Strands today (game #782) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #782) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: top, 4th column
Last side: left, 6th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #782) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #782, are…
- SHOUT
- WHOOP
- CATERWAUL
- BELLOW
- HOLLER
- CLAMOR
- SPANGRAM: LETSGETLOUD
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
“Hullabaloo” is one of those words that’s enjoyable to say but, in common with all of today’s words, straddles the border between giddy and annoying — fun if you’re the one doing the caterwauling, less fun if you’re trying to do a word search while someone is caterwauling.
WHOOP is, among them all, the most acceptable and something that 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 kind of activities that will get an adult arrested, or at the very least stared at.
Beyond the pleasurable word search I was also pleased to see the return of the needlessly long spangram after a series of sensible ones — albeit one that demands an apostrophe.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Thursday, April 23, game #781)
- THUNDER
- UNDERWORLD
- MARRIAGE
- LOVE
- HARVEST
- WISDOM
- SPANGRAM: DOMAIN
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.
