NYT Strands Hints and Answers for April 15, 2025 (#408)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of April 15, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of April 15, 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 15, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Draft picks
Start from the clue “Draft picks”. Once you see what the 7 theme words have in common, the grid opens up quickly.
Hint 2First letters
Sorted alphabetically, the first letters are B, L, N, P, P, S, S. Several share a starting letter (P, S).
Hint 3Word lengths
The theme words are 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6 and 7 letters long. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 7.
SpangramThe spangram
MICROBREWERY
It is a single word of 12 letters and it touches two opposite sides of the board.
Starts with M, ends with Y.
AnswersAll theme words
- BOCK4 letters
- SOUR4 letters
- LAGER5 letters
- NITRO5 letters
- STOUT5 letters
- PORTER6 letters
- PILSNER7 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.