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NYT Strands game #407, published Monday, April 14, 2025, uses the theme clue “April showers …”. The spangram is SPRING FLOWERS; the six other answers are flower names. Spoiler-free nudges come first, followed by the full board answers.
Spoiler-free hint for April 14
The clue “April showers …” points toward a familiar saying about what follows the rain. The board’s words share a seasonal connection.
In-game hint words
TechRadar’s guide lists these words as ways to unlock hints in the game. They are not theme answers:
- STOP
- FILL
- SNOW
- SHIRT
- GRIN
- FOLD
Spoiler: spangram
The spangram is SPRING FLOWERS, 13 letters. It runs between the bottom and top edges of the board. TechRadar places its start at the bottom edge in the third column and its end at the top edge in the fourth column.
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Spoiler: all April 14 Strands answers
- IRIS
- DAFFODIL
- TULIP
- HYACINTH
- LILY
- CROCUS
- SPRING FLOWERS — spangram
How the theme works
“April showers …” evokes the saying “April showers bring May flowers.” The spangram swaps “May” for the season “Spring,” while each of the six remaining answers names a flower.
When Strands resets
TechRadar describes Strands as a daily game and reports that a new puzzle appears at midnight in each player’s time zone. That is a local-time reset, not one universal global release time. This is a historical guide to the April 14, 2025 puzzle.
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Sources
- TechRadar’s April 14, 2025 guide reports the theme, hint words, spangram details, answers and timing.
- ComicBook.com’s April 14, 2025 guide independently confirms the theme, spangram and answers, and explains the saying.
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