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’re looking for Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Thursday, April 2 (Game #760).
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 NYT Strands today is below, so don’t continue reading if you don’t want to know the answers.
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NYT Strands today (game #761) – clue #1 – theme of the day
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Operator Smooth(ie)
NYT Strands today (game #761) – clue #2 – clue words
Play one of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- DOUBLE
- PLACE
- TYPE
- PINE
- pyre
- FRUG
NYT Strands today (game #761) – clue #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 13 letters
NYT Strands today (game #761) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the picture that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 5th row
Last side: right, 4th row
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #761) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #761, are…
- GUAVA
- ACAI
- PINEAPPLE
- LITCHI
- MANGO
- PAPAYA
- SPANGRAM: TROPICAL FRUITS
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
Unlike the successes of the legend of the 80s, Sade (who sang the brilliant Smooth Operator), it immediately became apparent that we were looking for smoothie ingredients.
It wasn’t immediately obvious that all the words would be TROPICALFRUIT, so my first thought was for banana – the key ingredient in most smoothies – a search, one might say, proved fruitless.
Smoothies are a key plot point in an HBO show I’m currently watching – DTF Saint Louis – where one of the characters claims to be a regular consumer of The Go Getter at her local juice store, where it is later revealed that she is a regular consumer of Watermelon Breeze. It’s quite a twist!
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Thursday April 2, Thu #760)
- AGENT
- BETTOR
- JOCKEY
- FORECAST
- BOOKMAKER
- COACH
- SPANGRAM: HORSE RACING
What are 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.
