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Hints for Strands on April 10, 2025
The theme is “What’s the buzz?” The answers point to insect anatomy. Start with that idea if you want a nudge without seeing the completed word list.
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Progressive clues
- The theme is about an insect, rather than a machine.
- Forbes contributor Erik Kain offered this hint: “Could be referring to a Transformer, but more likely an insect.”
- Forbes’ clue for the puzzle is “Anatomical vocabulary.”
- The spangram has nine letters and, according to TechRadar, touches the left and right edges at row eight.
Words that earn in-game hints
TechRadar lists these clue words for earning hints: TIGER, THEN, SNUG, DAME, TEAM, and DATE.
Initial-letter help
Forbes gives these starting pairs for the answer words: AN, WI, TH, AB, TO, ST, and BU.
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Strands answers for April 10, 2025
The puzzle is NYT Strands game #403. Its theme is “What’s the buzz?” and the complete answer set is below.
- WINGS
- THORAX
- TONGUE
- ABDOMEN
- STINGER
- ANTENNAE
Spangram
BUMBLE BEE is the spangram. Forbes writes it as one word, BUMBLEBEE; both spellings refer to the same answer.
How the theme fits
The six theme words name parts associated with a bee: wings, thorax, tongue, abdomen, stinger, and antennae. Together with the spangram, they make the insect-anatomy theme clear.
Sources and puzzle context
The answer set and theme are reported by both TechRadar and Forbes. TechRadar also supplies the in-game clue words and spangram position; Forbes supplies the insect-versus-Transformer hint, anatomical clue, and initial pairs. Strands is a daily themed word-search game in the New York Times Games library. Its spangram describes the theme and connects opposite sides of the grid.
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