NYT Strands is a word game created by The New York Times as part of its growing “Games” library. This New York Times game aims to connect letters in a six-by-eight grid to form a bunch of words that share the same theme.
To get you started, the puzzle will give you a theme for today’s NYT Strands. You can use it to form multiple “theme” words which will be relevant to this theme, along with one “special” word called the Spangram. This is a word or phrase that spans the length of the grid, vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, giving you the key to crack the rest of the Strands theme words.
The theme for today’s Strands can be relevant in many different ways. So, the puzzle keeps you on your toes every day with its intriguing set of theme words and Spangrams.
The theme for today’s Strands on April 12, 2025, is — Get your mind out of the gutter
If you can’t figure out answers for today’s puzzle, here’s a quick Strands hint — when something’s soiled, dusty, or unwashed.
Here are hints for a couple of Strands theme words to make it easy for you to solve today’s puzzle on your own without having to scroll down to view the answers:
Hint #1: a term to describe a person who has an untidy or dishevelled appearance.
Hint #2: to leave a mark on something difficult to remove.
The Spangram for today’s Strands on April 12, 2025, is mostly VERTICAL. It starts with the letters “DI“.
The hint for today’s Spangram for Strands — an offensive or indecent expression which is in this instance is relevant to something that’s unclean.
Today’s Strands Spangram Answer
The Spangram answer for today’s Strands on April 12, 2025, is — DirtyWords
Still looking for the theme words to get the answers for today’s NYT Strands? You can check them out below:
FILTHY
GRIMY
UNKEMPT
MUDDY
STAINED
POLLUTED
The answers for today’s Strands were pretty straightforward. As soon as I read the theme, I knew what it could be about. Once I spotted DIRTY, solving the Spangram and the theme words was an easy affair.