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 Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Saturday, April 4 (Game #762).
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 #763) – clue #1 – theme of the day
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Perfect Cover
NYT Strands today (game #763) – clue #2 – clue words
Play one of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
NYT Strands today (game #763) – clue #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #763) – 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, 5th 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 #763) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #763, are…
- KANGAROO
- BILBY
- KOALA
- WOMBAT
- OPOSSUM
- SPANGRAM: MARSUPIALS
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 2 tips
A very curious theme where my first thought was KANGAROO, because of the pouches in which they store their babies, their boxing gloves and their small change.
Luckily, that was correct, because the only other “pouches” that came to mind were those worn by bodybuilders in the 1980s.
So, as expected, after finding KANGAROO, I drew a blank and used my collection of non-gaming words to buy a few clues – BILBY didn’t help much, but with KOALA I went looking for the word MARSUPIALS, which I thought applied to the animals of Australia, but actually refers to the animals that raise their young in the aforementioned pouches.
There were also some tricky words in today’s game, including OPOSSUM, which took me several attempts to sort correctly because I thought it started with a P and not an O, which depends on whether you’re using American or Australian spelling.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Saturday, April 4, Game #762)
- DAFFODIL
- TULIP
- HYACINTH
- CROCUS
- SNOWDROP
- SPANGRAM: SPRING FLOWER
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.
