NYT Strands Hints and Answers for April 16, 2025 (#409)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of April 16, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of April 16, 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 16, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Fore!
Start from the clue “Fore!”. 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 C, D, I, P, U, W, W. Two of them start with the same letter (W).
Hint 3Word lengths
The theme words are 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 7 and 7 letters long. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 7.
SpangramThe spangram
GOLFCLUBS
It is a single word of 9 letters and it touches two opposite sides of the board.
Starts with G, ends with S.
AnswersAll theme words
- IRON4 letters
- WOOD4 letters
- WEDGE5 letters
- DRIVER6 letters
- PUTTER6 letters
- CHIPPER7 letters
- UTILITY7 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.