Looking for a different day?
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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, April 28 (game #421).
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 #422) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… I’ve got you covered
NYT Strands today (game #422) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- COAT
- SETTLE
- MATCH
- TROT
- SITE
- DOLL
NYT Strands today (game #422) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 6 letters
NYT Strands today (game #422) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: right, 5th row
Last side: left, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #422) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #422, are…
- TACO
- TORTOISE
- WALNUT
- NUCLEUS
- NAUTILUS
- ARMADILLO
- SPANGRAM: SHELLS
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 2 hints
I found today’s Strands one of the most challenging for a while and needed a couple of hints to get me across the line – and even with the hints I found it difficult to see NUCLEUS and NAUTILUS.
“I’ve got you covered” immediately had me thinking about coverings and cases, but I didn’t immediately think we were looking for SHELLS.
The first word I saw in the grid was coat, which I thought was certain to be one of the words we were searching for.
Instead, it was an anagram of coat that was correct and TACO confused me even more. TORTOISE firmed up the theme, but after getting the Spangram and WALNUT I drew a blank.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Monday, April 28, game #421)
- SPILL
- TOPPLE
- SLIP
- FALTER
- BLUNDER
- STUMBLE
- SPANGRAM: WHOOPSIE DAISY
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.
