NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, April 4 (game #397)

Date:
Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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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
Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, April 3 (game #396) .

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 #397) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is Step on it! NYT Strands today (game #397) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. MEAT WOOD TIRE REAL WHALE MATE NYT Strands today (game #397) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 8 letters NYT Strands today (game #396) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: right, 7th row

Last side: left, 7th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #397) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #397, are CONCRETE HARDWOOD LINOLEUM LAMINATE TERRAZZO SPANGRAM: FLOORING My rating: Moderate My score: 2 hints

The beauty of Strands is that it gets you thinking about things you wouldnt normally think about, like todays search for FLOORING.

Theres a town not far from where I live in London called Staines theyve rebranded as Staines-on-Thames because a) they think it sounds more classy than Staines and b) Sacha Baron Cohen based his character Ali G in the town and its not something theyre proud of.

What they are proud of, though, is that LINOLEUM made in Staines was once world-famous and was exported around the globe. What Carrara in southern Tuscanny is to marble, Staines in northwest Surrey is to solidified linseed oil. There is a beautiful statue in the city center of two men carrying a roll. A very rare example, in the UK at least, of a statue that honors
working people instead of some major on a horse.

Despite my deep love for lino and indeed CONCRETE (something my father used to tell me my head was made from) I struggled with todays search and needed
a couple of hints to get me going. You could say I was floored.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Thursday, 3 April, game #396) LADY STINK DOODLE LIGHTNING POTATO ASSASSIN SPANGRAM: ENTOMOLOGY 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.



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Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hi nts-4-april-2025


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