While the letters in the Strands’ grids today somehow rang a bell, I couldn’t pinpoint the exact words. I failed miserably, but wouldn’t want you to go through all that trouble. To save you the hassle, here are the hints and answers for the April 26 NYT Strands!
What is the Theme for Today’s NYT Strands?
As revealed by the New York Times, the theme for today’s Strands is “Staff members”.
Spangram Hint for Today’s Strands
Spoiler Warning #1 Even though we try our best to be subtle, the hints below might partially spoil the experience. You’ve been warned.
Every Strands game has that one Spangram that you need to decipher and today’s was no exception. The hint for today’s Spangram is – “Visual representation of music”.
Theme Words Hints for Today’s Strands
If you have figured out the Spangram from the above hint, figuring out the theme words will be easy. However, I don’t want to ruin it for you. Instead, here are three theme word hints that may help you:
- Hint #1: Opposite of ‘blunt’
- Hint #2: Another word for ‘autograph’
Spoiler Warning #2 The next sections reveal the answers for today’s NYT Strands. So, I’d recommend not scrolling further if you are still solving the puzzle. However, if you are stuck, I suggest scrolling a wee bit to see the Spangram answer.
Spangram Answer for NYT Strands on April 26
The Spangram for today’s NYT Strands puzzle is NOTATION, and it runs from bottom to top on the letters grid.
Apart from the Spangram, you need to find 7 theme words in today’s puzzle. However, if you are having a tough time getting through the Strands, check out some tips and tricks in my guide on how to play NYT Strands.
Anyway, with that being said, let’s go to the next section. However, proceed only if you are ready to check out the theme words.
List of Theme Words for NYT Strands on April 26
If you have scrolled this far, you are probably ready to see the answers. So, let’s take a look at today’s theme words in Strands:
- FLAT
- CLEF
- NATURAL
- SIGNATURE
- SHARP
- MEASURE
- REST
Music theory is not my strongest suit. While you will find me strumming the guitar and singing my heart out after work, I’m not familiar with the theoretical bit. After frantically searching for words and finding nothing, I ended up using my first hint.
That gave me FLAT, and even then, I couldn’t relate it to music. Somehow I came across NATURAL and that turned out to be a theme word to my surprise. Still nothing. I found SHARP fortunately in the bottom left and that was a theme word too.
I went blank and another hint revealed CLEF. This was when I realized what the puzzle was about and instantly found SIGNATURE, REST and MEASURE right after. That ultimately led me to find NOTATION as the Spangram and I called it a day.
Yeah, I’m not getting over the fact that I had to use two hints to figure that out. Anyway, what about you? Did you have to use any hints or was it easy to you? Let me know in the comments down below.
