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Progressive hints for April 13 Strands
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Theme clue
The official hint is “Orange door hinge.”
Conceptual clue
Think “Bright white”: the theme words sound like rhymes for color names or color-related pronunciations.
First-letter clues
In board-reading order, the eight entries begin with HE, SP, QU, CO, PL, HE, PI, FL.
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Spangram clue
The spangram has 11 letters, appears mostly horizontally, and connects the left edge at row 4 with the right edge at row 8.
What is the April 13 Strands spangram?
The spangram is COLOR RHYMES. It describes the puzzle’s wordplay: each theme answer rhymes with a color name or color-related pronunciation.
Orange door hinge Strands answer
The complete solution for game #406 is:
- HELLO
- SPREAD
- QUEEN
- COLOR RHYMES (spangram)
- PLAQUE
- HEIGHT
- PILOT
- FLEW
The “orange” clue nods to a 2010 60 Minutes interview with Eminem. In it, he pushed back on the idea that nothing rhymes with “orange,” offering examples such as “porridge,” “jorridge,” “four-inch” and “door hinge.” TechRadar connects that wordplay to this puzzle’s theme.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.How NYT Strands works
Strands is a word-search game on the New York Times website and in the NYT Games app. Connect letters vertically, horizontally or diagonally to form words; theme words fill the board without overlapping. The spangram describes the theme, touches two opposite sides of the board and is highlighted in yellow. It may consist of two words.
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To earn an in-game hint, find three valid words that are not part of the theme and contain at least four letters each. The hint then highlights a theme word.
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