Subj : NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, April 23 (game #416) To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Tue Apr 22 2025 15:15:09 NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, April 23 (game #416) Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0000 Description: Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram. FULL STORY ======================================================================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 Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, April 22 (game #415) . 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 #416) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands? Today's NYT Strands theme is What a softie! NYT Strands today (game #416) - hint #2 - clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. LEFT STEP SLURP LEAN PEST SLICK NYT Strands today (game #416) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram? Spangram has 8 letters NYT Strands today (game #416) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches? First side: top, 2nd column Last side: bottom, 5th column Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #416) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Strands, game #416, are PEACH CATERPILLAR CHENILLE DUCKLING SLIPPERS SPANGRAM: GET FUZZY My rating: Moderate My score: 1 hint The first word I got (PEACH) made me think we were looking for soft fruits, but my search for apricots and berries proved, erm, fruitless. Then I got CATERPILLAR and I was completely confused. I saw the word caterpillar in stages first cat, then cater, then the full word unfurling. In the dark as to the theme I used a hint to move me forward ahh, just soft fuzzy stuff, then. Im still not sure how caterpillars fit in, but I quite like these vague, random Strands themes. How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, April 22, game #415) JUICES SOUP PASTRIES CHAI SANDWICHES ESPRESSO SPANGRAM: CAFE MENU 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 h ow to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day. ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hi nts-23-april-2025 --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .