NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, April 23 (game #781)

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NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, April 23 (game #781)
NYT Strands homescreen on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background
(Image credit: New York Times)

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 Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, April 22 (game #780).

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 #781) – hint #1 – today’s theme

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Provinces of the pantheon

NYT Strands today (game #781) – hint #2 – clue words

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

  • ROAM
  • RAGE
  • STING
  • GLAMOR
  • DEVIL
  • MORE

NYT Strands today (game #781) – hint #3 – spangram letters

How many letters are in today’s spangram?

Spangram has 6 letters

NYT Strands today (game #781) – hint #4 – spangram position

What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?

First side: left, 5th row

Last side: right, 5th row

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

NYT Strands today (game #781) – the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 781 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Strands, game #781, are…

  • THUNDER
  • UNDERWORLD
  • MARRIAGE
  • LOVE
  • HARVEST
  • WISDOM
  • SPANGRAM: DOMAIN

  • My rating: Hard
  • My score: 1 hint

Seeing as yesterday’s game paid homage to Earth Day, I was fully expecting today’s round to be a nod to World Book Day — the most feared day in a parent’s diary, thanks to the tradition of kids dressing up as fictional characters for school. 

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A friend of mine’s mother got the wrong day for this back in the day and he had to spend the entire school day dressed as Voldemort while the rest of the school were in their uniforms.

Anyway, I digress. Instead of books and Harry Potter we were treated to a search for some words associated with ancient mythology — I know this now after Googling, but at the time it seemed entirely random. 


Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, April 21, game #779)

  • REPAIR
  • RECYCLE
  • DONATE
  • REFILL
  • REUSE
  • REDUCE
  • SPANGRAM: CONSERVATION

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.

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.

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