{"id":4170,"date":"2026-04-18T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wiki-living.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/nyt-strands-hints-and-answers-for-sunday-april-19-game-777\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T05:09:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:09:52","slug":"nyt-strands-hints-and-answers-for-sunday-april-19-game-777","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wiki-living.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/nyt-strands-hints-and-answers-for-sunday-april-19-game-777\/","title":{"rendered":"NYT Strands Hints and Answers for Sunday, April 19 (game #777)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"fancy-box\" id=\"elk-0a154754-b101-445b-9ab3-7f07164a88b8\">\n<p>Looking for a different day?<\/p>\n<div class=\"fancy_box_body\">\n<p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\">A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day in your time zone \u2013 meaning some people are always playing &#8216;today&#8217;s game&#8217; while others are playing &#8216;yesterday&#8217;s&#8217;. <strong>If you want a Saturday puzzle instead<\/strong> and click here: <strong>NYT Strands Hints and Answers for Saturday, April 18 (game #776)<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"elk-6b2d8325-6b62-411a-8b9d-8801d340fcb4\">Strands is the latest NYT word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections \u2013 and it&#8217;s a lot of fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my tips for Strands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Looking for more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers to those games, as well as Marc&#8217;s Wordle today page for a viral word game.<\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-6b2d8325-6b62-411a-8b9d-8801d340fcb4-2\"><em>SPOILER ALERT: Information about today&#8217;s NYT Strands is below, so don&#8217;t read on if you don&#8217;t want to know the answers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-continues-below block py-2 text-sm\">The article continues below <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"inline-block w-2.5 h-2.5 ml-2\" fill=\"currentColor\" preserveaspectratio=\"xMidYMid meet\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\"><path d=\"M1000 100L500 900 0 100h1000z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pb-0 pt-2 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 !text-base uppercase sm:text-sm font-bold&#10;        \"><\/p>\n<p>            You might like it<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-nyt-strands-today-game-777-hint-1-today-s-theme\"><span>NYT Strands today (match #777) &#8211; tip #1 &#8211; today&#8217;s theme<\/span><\/h2>\n<section class=\"article__schema-question\" id=\"elk-3d327e71-e559-4672-8e4c-53c3c4b56c6f\">\n<h3>What is the theme of today&#8217;s NYT Strands?<\/h3>\n<article class=\"article__schema-answer\">\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Today&#8217;s NYT Strands theme is\u2026 Little change<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-nyt-strands-today-game-777-hint-2-clue-words\"><span>NYT Strands today (match #777) &#8211; hint #2 &#8211; clue words<\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"elk-ab4ef03a-dbcb-4f6f-81e6-047c85299422\">Play any of these names to unlock the in-game hint system.<\/p>\n<ul id=\"elk-67d43d18-2f61-4cee-b777-be5f54cd9fc1\">\n<li>Mixed<\/li>\n<li>THE VOTER<\/li>\n<li>Get dressed<\/li>\n<li>DONE<\/li>\n<li>MINT<\/li>\n<li>RAKE<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-nyt-strands-today-game-777-hint-3-spangram-letters\"><span>NYT Strands today (match #777) &#8211; tip #3 &#8211; spangram letters<\/span><\/h2>\n<section class=\"article__schema-question\" id=\"elk-e8f0bcd6-a213-44cd-b201-c26da3daebc8\">\n<h3>How many characters are in today&#8217;s spangram?<\/h3>\n<article class=\"article__schema-answer\">\n<p><strong>\u2022<\/strong> Spangram has 13 characters<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-nyt-strands-today-game-777-hint-4-spangram-position\"><span>NYT Strands today (match #777) &#8211; tip #4 &#8211; spangram position<\/span><\/h2>\n<section class=\"article__schema-question\" id=\"elk-42f2adc9-f478-4dc8-b3dd-aacad2d97237\">\n<h3>What two sides of the board are affected by today&#8217;s spangram?<\/h3>\n<article class=\"article__schema-answer\">\n<p><strong>First side: <\/strong>left, 1st row<\/p>\n<p><strong>The last part:<\/strong> right, line 8<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p id=\"elk-45db7deb-533e-4d4e-90b9-03a9cd87ef62\">Of course, the answers are below, so DO NOT CONTINUE IF YOU DON&#8217;T WANT TO SEE THEMSELVES.<\/p>\n<aside data-model-name=\"Get Better At Wordle\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-widget-type=\"review\" class=\"hawk-root\">\n<div class=\"hawk-main-container\">\n<p>Find Better Deals on Wordle<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<h2 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-nyt-strands-today-game-777-the-answers\"><span>NYT Strands today (match #777) &#8211; answers<\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"elk-edb28104-5596-4149-b953-c7f305460e0b\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/CFHPaEVpSjLh7hW2Z94J2P-1200-80.jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/CFHPaEVpSjLh7hW2Z94J2P-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/CFHPaEVpSjLh7hW2Z94J2P-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/CFHPaEVpSjLh7hW2Z94J2P-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/CFHPaEVpSjLh7hW2Z94J2P-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/CFHPaEVpSjLh7hW2Z94J2P-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"><\/source><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Photo credit: New York Times)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"elk-1ff9d715-7430-4872-8b7e-54b476d98e1d\">Today&#8217;s Strands answers, game #777, are&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul id=\"elk-ddc3e664-936c-4e53-a6f4-b4e48a636cb2\">\n<li>FIX<\/li>\n<li>FIX<\/li>\n<li>TWEAK<\/li>\n<li>LAUGH<\/li>\n<li>IMPROVE<\/li>\n<li>ALTER<\/li>\n<li><strong>SPANGRAM: THEREIFIXEDIT<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr id=\"elk-6e1b2e8f-5fc4-49d3-af27-ded145ab69c1\"\/>\n<ul id=\"elk-5d6a77db-914a-4020-8d5d-86d36a568e44\">\n<li><strong>My rating:<\/strong> It&#8217;s difficult<\/li>\n<li><strong>My score:<\/strong> It&#8217;s complete<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr id=\"elk-2848f0d3-e612-4ab8-b4c5-1a4654978865\"\/>\n<p id=\"elk-b0226c5e-c103-4480-8b36-9ea4c807a485\">Despite the fact that I was able to finish this game without hints I still put it in the &#8220;tricky&#8221; category, because it took me longer than usual to finish &#8211; and that was with the help of a few rare characters.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-Bux5kJ2pPvNCA8s3fKYEeD\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-Bux5kJ2pPvNCA8s3fKYEeD slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up for top news, reviews, opinions, top tech deals, and more.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another head start was that after seeing &#8220;there&#8221; on the board I decided that it must be part of a spangram and continued to connect letters until I got to THEREIFIXEDIT &#8211; a spangram that felt very similar to a magician pulling an endless handkerchief from a top hat.<\/p>\n<p>So, today&#8217;s search was about perfectionism and people who have to get things like that in order to feel like they&#8217;ve accomplished a great job\u2014a personality trait that I definitely don&#8217;t have. Instead of saying &#8220;when I fixed it&#8221;, my expression when fixing things is &#8220;when it will do&#8221;. Maybe we shirkers will find our own Strands one day.<\/p>\n<hr id=\"elk-29bf3b43-2f5e-4cfd-ae37-7d32f476d79a\"\/>\n<h3 class=\"article-body__section\" id=\"section-yesterday-s-nyt-strands-answers-saturday-april-18-game-776\"><span>Yesterday&#8217;s NYT Strands Answers (Saturday, April 18, match #776)<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul id=\"elk-59a52e57-7f06-4ae0-a242-bbb998cbc8b1\">\n<li>BUDGET<\/li>\n<li>FACE TO FACE<\/li>\n<li>It is NOT expensive<\/li>\n<li>IT GIVES<\/li>\n<li>FOR SALE<\/li>\n<li><strong>SPANGRAM: ONTHECHEAP<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr id=\"elk-1a976e71-7079-4202-a778-329bd485e93c\"\/>\n<section class=\"article__schema-question\" id=\"elk-6884153e-348e-415e-9432-5c9b20683b24\">\n<h3>What are the NYT Strands?<\/h3>\n<article class=\"article__schema-answer\">\n<p>Strands is the less popular NYT word game, the successor to Wordle and Connections. It is now a full member of the year-old NYT Games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.<\/p>\n<p>I have a full guide on how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips to solve it, so check it out if you&#8217;re struggling to beat it day by day.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day in your time zone \u2013 meaning some people are always playing &#8216;today&#8217;s game&#8217; while others are playing &#8216;yesterday&#8217;s&#8217;. If you want a Saturday puzzle instead and click here: NYT Strands Hints and Answers for Saturday, April 18 (game #776). 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