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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for April 24, #417

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle No. 417 for April 24.

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Todays NYT Strands puzzle might be tricky, since it’s an unusual category of words. If you need some hints and answers, read on.

I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story.

If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.

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Hint for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands theme is: coarse material.

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: doesn’t feel good to touch.

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints, but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

CAUL, PIMP, STAND, STANDS, COLA, COLAS, SAND, TUFF, POOF, PAPS, TANS, SAUL, CAULS, ROBS, SACK, CLOTH, CLOTHS, ROUGH, PEAS

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you’ve got all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:

BARK, ROPE, LOOFAH, PUMICE, SACKCLOTH, SANDPAPER

Today’s Strands spangram

Today’s Strands spangram is ROUGHSTUFF. To find it, start with the R that’s three letters to the right on the top row, and wind down.

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Today’s NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints and Answers for April 24, #213

Hints and answers for the NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, No. 213, for April 24.

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It’s NFL Draft Day! And boy, does Connections: Sports Edition know it! Rack your brain for anything you might know about current and past drafts and you’ll do well. Read on for hints and the answers.

Connections: Sports Edition is out of beta now, making its debut on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 9. That’s a sign that the game has earned enough loyal players that The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by the Times, will continue to publish it. It doesn’t show up in the NYT Games app but now appears in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can continue to play it free online.

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Hints for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections: Sports Edition puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: The deciders.

Green group hint: Show off your stuff.

Blue group hint: They were overlooked.

Purple group hint: Where it happens.