NYT Strands Hints and Answers for April 13, 2025 (#406)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of April 13, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of April 13, 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 13, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Orange door hinge
Start from the clue “Orange door hinge”. Once you see what the 7 theme words have in common, the grid opens up quickly.
Hint 2First letters
The theme words begin with F, H, H, P, P, Q, S. Several share a starting letter (H, P).
Hint 3Word lengths
By length, the answers run 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6 and 6. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 6.
SpangramThe spangram
COLORRHYMES
11 letters, a single word, running from one edge of the grid to the opposite edge.
Starts with C, ends with S.
AnswersAll theme words
- FLEW4 letters
- HELLO5 letters
- PILOT5 letters
- QUEEN5 letters
- HEIGHT6 letters
- PLAQUE6 letters
- SPREAD6 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.
Yesterday’s Strands
Yesterday’s Strands
#405 · “Get your mind out of the gutter”
Spangram: DIRTYWORDS
Read yesterday’s hints