NYT Strands today — hints, answers and Spangram for Thursday, April 11 (game #39)
It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time for another brain-breaking instalment of the NYT’s Strands puzzle. Except… that makes no sense, because there’s a new Strands game each day, not just Thursdays.
Anyway, the important thing is that there’s a new Strands game to play, courtesy of the New York Times Games section. I’d rate today’s as a fairly easy one, but as always, YMMV.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
Your Strands expert
Your Strands expert
Marc McLaren
NYT Strands today (game #39) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… It’s all in your head
NYT Strands today (game #39) – hint #2 – clue words
What are some good clue words today?
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
• DEAD
• DEVIL
• FAKE
• MEAT
• MEANT
• BOYS
NYT Strands today (game #39) – hint #3 – Spangram
What is a hint for today’s Spangram?
• Take a trip to the inner world
NYT Strands today (game #39) – hint #4 – Spangram position
Where does today’s Spangram start and end?
• Start: top, 3rd column
• End: 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 #39) – the answers
(Image credit: New York Times)
The answers to today’s Strands, game #39, are…
REVERIE
FANTASY
ILLUSION
FIGMENT
DAYDREAM
SPANGRAM: MAKEBELIEVE
My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect
Strands is usually easier when the answers are longer, because that way there are fewer of them to find, and once you spot one it tends to make finding the others more straightforward.
Today’s game is a good example: the clue of ‘It’s all in your head’ could have implied a couple of directions, but once I noticed FANTASY in the top right it was obvious what kind of word I needed to hunt for. The two Ls in the bottom right sat next to I and U, so my brain immediately thought ILLUSION!
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With those two in place, the Spangram had to run from top to bottom rather than left to right, because there were no free spaces left on the right. Reading down from the top row led me quite quickly to MAKEBELIEVE, and from there the other answers flowed with no real problems.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Wednesday 10 April, game #38)
THANKS
CHEERS
BEST
REGARDS
SINCERELY
ALWAYS
SPANGRAM: SIGNINGOFF
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s currently in Beta and 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.
It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time for another brain-breaking instalment of the NYT’s Strands puzzle. Except… that makes no sense, because there’s a new Strands game each day, not just Thursdays. Anyway, the important thing is that there’s a new Strands game to play, courtesy of the New York…
