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NYT Strands, a popular web-based word puzzle by The New York Times, featured the theme "Sleep Tight" on April 27, 2025, focusing on items and practices related to a good night's sleep.
Word puzzles have been the most-beloved pastime across generations. In this era of technological advancement, web-based word puzzles have created a separate fanbase that grinds these games almost everyday. From kids to elders, word puzzles suit almost everyone. Interestingly, The New York Times has a range of massively popular word puzzles, including, Wordle, Connections and Strands.
NYT Strands is a comparatively new addition to the word puzzle world, but it has captured a massive audience within a short time for its brilliantly designed word finding method.
The theme of NYT Strands on April 27, 2025, is ‘Sleep Tight.’ This theme instantly brings to mind items that contribute to a good sleep. If one is looking for words that are related to good sleep, they are on the right track. So, comparatively, today’s theme is a bit easier for players, but finding out the words related to it is still a task.
To make the process a bit easier, here are the additional clues:
Hint 1: The first word starts with MA and is a four-letter word.
Hint 2: The second word starts with EA and an eight-letter word
Hint 3: The third word starts with ME and a nine-letter word
Hint 4: The fourth word starts with ME and a ten-letter word
Hint 5: The fifth word starts with MO and a ten-letter word
If these clues weren’t enough to direct one to find the words, below are the exact words that one should look for in today’s NYT Strands April 27, 2025:
MASK
EARPLUGS
MELATONIN
MEDITATION
MOUTHGUARD
All these words are related to sleep. From sleeping masks to meditation, everything helps one to have a sound sleep.
Now, it's time to know today’s Snapgram. For the NYT Strands April 27, 2025, the Snapgram is
This phrase stretches across two sides of the grid from left to right horizontally and fits the theme of the puzzle by highlighting the items or practices required for good sleeping habits.
NYT Strands is one of the most fascinating web-based word puzzle games that blends elements from other renowned puzzle games like Spelling Bee, Connections, and traditional crosswords. The word finding method here is complicated as the words can be formed in any shape. So, those who want to master this puzzle, here’s some tips:
Players must focus on word patterns and associations.
Start finding words from the corner. It’s rare that the Snapgram is at the corner of the grid, so, non-Snapgram words can be there.
Don’t step back to get a hint. For every non-theme word one guess will earn them a hint.
The Snapgram generally stretched vertically across the board to look for it accordingly.
NYT Strands is one of those games that puzzle lovers willingly wait to solve. Every day this puzzle game presents new themes and words associated with the theme, without a single repeat. The best part of this game is that it tests the knowledge of puzzle lovers in different sectors of daily life and work. Today’s one tested the gamer's vocabulary of items that are required for a sound sleep.
