Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "It's a sign!" — isn't at all obvious, and it'll take the reveal of a few answers before its meaning becomes clear.
Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #394, as well as the answers, should it come to that. We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #394, so read on if you need a little help.
Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #394.
Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints
The official theme for NYT Strands #394 is... "It's a sign!"
And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Changing seasons".
If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:
- MOOSE
- HERSE
- WOES
- BITES
- BREWS
- TILES
- BLIMP
Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with S and ends with E.
Scroll down to find out what it is...
It's SPRINGTIME.
Today's Strands answers
So, what are today's Strands answers for game #394?
Drumroll, please...
- PUDDLES
- BUDS
- SHOWERS
- BLOSSOMS
- POLLEN
- ROBINS
...and the spangram was SPRINGTIME.
Strands #394
“It's a sign!”
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Hi Strands fans. Today's puzzle was one of those tricky ones where I found my first answer by accident, but still ended up using a clue.
That said, I don't think the theme - "It's a sign!" - is especially helpful, so I'm not kicking myself too hard. In fact, I started off looking for star signs, but then accidentally found PUDDLES in the top-right corner.
That meant nothing to me, so I used a clue which revealed BUDS. I was still confused, but after a little lateral thinking, I figured it might be connected to the start of April. Sure enough, I saw SHOWERS and was away.
I got the spangram of SPRINGTIME, which wasn't that helpful at breaking things up, as it only isolated a word I'd already found. But that wasn't a big deal as I now knew the kind of thing I was in search of with my remaining answers.
BLOSSOMS was in the top-left corner, followed by the bain of my summer - POLLEN - in the bottom half of the grid. That just left ROBINS on the left-hand side to complete the puzzle.
Yesterday's Strands answers
Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #393 right here.
