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NYT Strands is a word game created by The New York Times as part of its expanding “Games” library. The objective of this game is to connect letters within a six-by-eight grid to form a series of words that share a common theme.
To help you begin, the puzzle provides a theme for the day’s NYT Strands. You can use this theme to create multiple related words, along with one special word known as the Spangram. The Spangram is a word or phrase that spans the length of the grid—either vertically, horizontally, or diagonally—and serves as a key to unlocking the rest of the theme words in the Strands game.
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 13, 2025, is — Orange door hinge
If you can’t figure out answers for today’s puzzle, here’s a quick Strands hint — think of the rainbow and how those different shades may sound.
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 sticky deposit on teeth in which bacteria proliferate.
Hint #2: the measurement of someone or something from head to foot.
The Spangram for today’s Strands on April 13, 2025, is mostly HORIZONTAL. It starts with the letters “CO“.
The hint for today’s Spangram for Strands — words that end with a sound corresponding to a hue.
Today’s Strands Spangram Answer
The Spangram answer for today’s Strands on April 13, 2025, is — ColorRhymes
All Theme Words in Today’s Strands
Still looking for the theme words to get the answers for today’s NYT Strands? You can check them out below:
HELLO
FLEW
PILOT
QUEEN
HEIGHT
PLAQUE
SPREAD
The answers for today’s Strands were pretty straightforward. I started off with the first set of theme words – HELLO and FLEW. Once I spotted COLOR, solving the Spangram and the theme words was easy task.
