NYT Strands Hints and Answers for April 5, 2025 (#398)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of April 5, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of April 5, 2025? Start with the theme, take one rung at a time, and stop as soon as the grid opens up. Nothing below is revealed until you tap it.
Hints for April 5, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
In it to win it
Start from the clue “In it to win it”. Once you see what the 6 theme words have in common, the grid opens up quickly.
Hint 2First letters
The theme words begin with C, R, R, S, T, U. Two of them start with the same letter (R).
Hint 3Word lengths
By length, the answers run 4, 5, 5, 5, 8 and 9. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 9.
SpangramThe spangram
GAMECHANGERS
12 letters, a single word, running from one edge of the grid to the opposite edge.
Starts with G, ends with S.
AnswersAll theme words
- ROUT4 letters
- RALLY5 letters
- SWEEP5 letters
- UPSET5 letters
- COMEBACK8 letters
- THREEPEAT9 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.