NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, April 19 (game #777)

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 #777) – hint #1 – today’s theme

NYT Strands today (game #777) – hint #2 – clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

• MIXED
• VOTER
• WEAR
• MADE
• MINT
• RAKE

NYT Strands today (game #777) – hint #3 – spangram letters

NYT Strands today (game #777) – hint #4 – spangram position

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #777) – the answers

The answers to today’s Strands, game #777, are…

• ADJUST
• MODIFY
• TWEAK
• REFINE
• IMPROVE
• ALTER
• SPANGRAM: THEREIFIXEDIT

• My rating: Hard
• My score: Perfect

Despite the fact that I managed to complete this game without any hints I’m still classing it as “tricky”, because it took me longer than normal to complete — and that was with the big help of a couple of rare letters.

The other head start was that after seeing “there” on the board I decided it had to be a part of the spangram and continued connecting letters until I got to THEREIFIXEDIT — a spangram that felt very similar to a magician pulling an endless handkerchief from a top hat.

Today’s search, then, was all about perfectionism and people who have to get things just so in order to feel they have completed a job to their high standards — a character trait I most certainly do not have myself. Instead of “there I fixed it”, my phrase when repairing things is “there that’ll do”. Maybe us shirkers will get a Strands of our own one day.

Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Saturday, April 18, game #776)

• BUDGET
• BARGAIN
• INEXPENSIVE
• AFFORDABLE
• SALE
• SPANGRAM: ONTHECHEAP

Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs’ eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna’s addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.