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Need help with the Saturday, April 11, 2026 NYT Strands puzzle? The gentle clue is “One for every occasion.” This is game #769. Hints come first below; the full word list and spangram are farther down, clearly marked as spoilers.
Hints for the April 11 Strands puzzle
The theme is “You’re putting me on.” If you want to keep solving without seeing the answers, use these clues progressively.
- Soft clue: One for every occasion.
- Theme clue: Think of things you can put on your head.
- Words to find for in-game hints: RUDE, QUOTE, FADE, PAGE, TOWER, and ERODE. Finding three non-theme words earns an in-game hint.
- Answer initials, in order: BE, TO, SO, BE, DE, BO, FE. The spangram begins with ME.
- Spangram path: It has seven letters and runs from the left edge at row five to the right edge at row three.
Spoilers: April 11 Strands answers
The seven theme words are kinds of hats. The spangram connects them to the theme phrase.
- BERET
- SOMBRERO
- DERBY
- BOWLER
- FEDORA
- BEANIE
- TOQUE
- Spangram: TOPGEAR
How Strands hints and the spangram work
Find theme words by dragging across letters or tapping them; when tapping, double-tap the final letter to submit. Solved theme words remain highlighted blue, and theme words do not overlap.
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The spangram describes the theme, touches two opposite sides of the board, and turns yellow when found. It can contain two words. Every three non-theme words you find earns an in-game hint: the first hint reveals the letters of a theme word, and if a hint is already active, the next one shows that word’s letter order.
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