Unlock Today’s NYT Strands: Hints, Spangram & Answers for April 7!

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Understanding Strands: A New Puzzle Challenge

Strands is an exciting new daily puzzle from the New York Times. It offers a fresh twist on the conventional word search, requiring sharp observation skills to solve.

Similar to popular games like Wordle and Connections, Strands can be tricky at times. If you find yourself stuck, it’s perfectly fine to seek assistance. For those needing help with today’s Strands puzzle, we’ve provided the answers below.

How to Play Strands

Your main objective in each Strands puzzle is to discover the “theme words” hidden within a grid of letters. You can manipulate letters by dragging or tapping them; double-tap the last letter when you finish forming a word. Correctly identified words will be highlighted in blue and become unselectable.

If you come across a word that isn’t part of the theme, it still counts! For every three non-theme words that are four letters or longer that you find, you'll recieve a hint—one letter from one of the theme words will be revealed for you to unscramble.

Every letter in the grid contributes to spelling out theme words without any overlaps.Each letter is used only onc throughout each puzzle.

A unique feature of every puzzle is its “spangram,” which consists of special theme word(s) connecting two opposite sides of the board. When discovered,this spangram will be highlighted in yellow.

The aim should always be to complete your puzzle quickly while minimizing hints used along the way.