If you are having trouble identifying theme words in today’s puzzle, you will greatly benefit from the Strands hints provided below. Those who are tired of flashy games like Wordle and Connections are turning to Strands for a more demanding experience. If you are one among them and struggling with NYT Strands, we can help. To help you out, we have included the Strands hints, answers, and Spangram for Tuesday, April 15, 2025, below.
NYT Strands Hints for Today’s Theme: “Draft picks”
Today’s Strands on April 15, 2025, focuses on draft picks. If you can not figure out the answers for today’s problem, here’s a fast Strands hint: think about beers or ales created with particular malts and hops.
Here are tips for a couple of Strands theme words to help you solve today’s problem without scrolling down to see the answers:
- Hint #1: a type of pale beer, characterized by its light color, crisp taste, and moderate hop flavor.
- Hint #2: a style of dark ale known for its rich, malty flavors, often with notes of chocolate, coffee, and caramel.
NYT Strands Spangram Hint: Is It Vertical or Horizontal?
The Spangram for today’s Strands on April 15, 2025, is mostly HORIZONTAL. It starts with the letters “MI“.
The hint for today’s Spangram for Strands — a place that produces limited quantities of beer, typically for consumption on its own premises.
Today’s Strands Spangram Answer
The Spangram answer for today’s Strands on April 15, 2025, is — MicroBrewery
Still looking for the theme words to get the answers for today’s NYT Strands? You can check them out below:
- STOUT
- LAGER
- BOCK
- SOUR
- PORTER
- NITRO
- PILSNER
The answers to today’s Strands were clear. I started with the first set of theme words: STOUT and LAGER. Once I found BREW, deciphering the Spangram and theme words was simple.
What is NYT Strands?
NYT Strands is a word game developed by The New York Times as part of their expanding “Games” collection. The goal of this New York Times game is to connect letters in a six-by-eight grid to create a group of words with the same topic.
To get you started, the puzzle will reveal the theme for today’s NYT Strands. You can use it to create many “theme” words that are connected to this theme, as well as one “special” word known as the Spangram. This is a word or phrase that runs the length of the grid, either vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, and provides the key to unlocking the remaining Strands theme words.
Every NYT Strands puzzle contains a unique word or phrase known as the Spangram. This word or collection of words will span two opposing sides of the grid. A Spangram does not required to start or end at the grid’s edge.
In essence, the Spangram is a larger clue that summarizes today’s Strands theme in just a few words. Because it spans two sides of the puzzle, completing it first helps you figure out the rest of the theme words, and vice versa.
Tips and Tricks for Mastering NYT Strands Puzzles
Solving a NYT Strands problem is not particularly difficult, but in some circumstances, the approach may not be as simple as it appears. So, here are some basic ideas and tactics to help you solve the theme words and Spangram for Strands puzzles.
- Always start at the corners
- Don’t be ashamed to get hints:
- Think both literally and figuratively
- Aim for the Spangram