NYT Strands Hints and Answers for April 17, 2025 (#410)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of April 17, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of April 17, 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 17, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
THE movies
The puzzle calls today’s theme “THE movies”. Read it loosely: the 6 answers are examples of it, not synonyms for it.
Hint 2First letters
Sorted alphabetically, the first letters are A, G, G, G, R, S. Two of them start with the same letter (G).
Hint 3Word lengths
The theme words are 4, 7, 7, 7, 8 and 9 letters long. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 9.
SpangramThe spangram
TITLES
It is a single word of 6 letters and it touches two opposite sides of the board.
Starts with T, ends with S.
AnswersAll theme words
- RING4 letters
- AVIATOR7 letters
- GOONIES7 letters
- SHINING7 letters
- GRADUATE8 letters
- GODFATHER9 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.