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 Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, April 30 (game #788).
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.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
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NYT Strands today (game #789) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… I ❤️ Hawaii
NYT Strands today (game #789) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- PUKE
- PEEL
- DAME
- PINE
- LAME
- PLEAD
NYT Strands today (game #789) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #789) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 8th row
Last side: right, 3rd row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #789) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #789, are…
- POKE
- HULA
- LUAU
- UKULELE
- PINEAPPLE
- MACADAMIA
- SPANGRAM: ALOHASPIRIT
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Happy Lei Day, Hawaiians.
Having never been to Hawaii — the closest I’ve got is a shirt I owned in the late 1990s — I feared I would struggle my way around today’s board, but the reality was that it could not have been easier.
It’s a testament to how much Hawaiian culture has permeated around the globe that I was familiar with all of today’s words, with the exception of MACADAMIA — which I did not know had a strong link to the islands (I thought they were Australian). It was also a very tricky word to piece together and took me a couple of attempts to get in the right order.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday, April 30, game #788)
- DRIZZLE
- MIST
- STEAM
- VAPOR
- HUMIDITY
- AEROSOL
- SPANGRAM: CONDENSATION
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.
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