NYT Strands Hints and Answers for April 8, 2025 (#401)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of April 8, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
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Hints for April 8, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Out of this world
The puzzle calls today’s theme “Out of this world”. Read it loosely: the 5 answers are examples of it, not synonyms for it.
Hint 2First letters
Sorted alphabetically, the first letters are A, A, D, G, M. Two of them start with the same letter (A).
Hint 3Word lengths
The theme words are 4, 5, 7, 7 and 11 letters long. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 11.
SpangramThe spangram
SCIENCEFICTION
It is a single word of 14 letters and it touches two opposite sides of the board.
Starts with S, ends with N.
AnswersAll theme words
- DUNE4 letters
- ALIEN5 letters
- ARRIVAL7 letters
- GRAVITY7 letters
- MEGALOPOLIS11 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.