​Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.. Today’s NYT Strands puzzle features some complicated words. Some of the answers are difficult to unscramble, so if you need 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.. Read more: NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So Far. Hint for today’s Strands puzzle. Today’s Strands theme is: Fringe group. If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Almost on the outside.. 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:. DARK, RAGE, MORE, NEST, DINE, DINES, DINER, DINERS. 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 have 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:. EDGE, BRINK, BOUNDARY, VERGE, MARGIN, EXTREMITY. Today’s Strands spangram. The completed NYT Strands puzzle for April 6, 2026. NYT/Screenshot by CNET. Today’s Strands spangram is OUTERLIMITS. To find it, look for the O that is six letters down on the far-left row, and wind down, over, and up.. Toughest Strands puzzles. Here are some of the Strands topics I’ve found to be the toughest.. #1: Dated slang. Maybe you didn’t even use this lingo when it was cool. Toughest word: PHAT.. #2: Thar she blows! I guess marine biologists might ace this one. Toughest word: BALEEN or RIGHT.. #3: Off the hook. Again, it helps to know a lot about sea creatures. Sorry, Charlie. Toughest word: BIGEYE or SKIPJACK.  

​Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.. Today’s NYT Connections puzzle isn’t terrible if you know your Broadway shows. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.. The Times has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.. Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time. Hints for today’s Connections groups. Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.. Yellow group hint: Boogie down.. Green group hint: A portion of a business or venture.. Blue group hint: Popular arcade game.. Purple group hint: Broadway, baby.. Answers for today’s Connections groups. Yellow group: Events with dancing.. Green group: Interest.. Blue group: Components of Whac-A-Mole.. Purple group: Musicals with last letter changed.. Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words. What are today’s Connections answers?. The completed NYT Connections puzzle for April 6, 2026. NYT/Screenshot by CNET. The yellow words in today’s Connections. The theme is events with dancing. The four answers are ball, hoedown, hop and rave.. The green words in today’s Connections. The theme is interest. The four answers are claim, concern, share and stake.. The blue words in today’s Connections. The theme is components of Whac-A-Mole. The four answers are holes, mallet, mole and timer.. The purple words in today’s Connections. The theme is musicals with last letter changed. The four answers are carouser (Carousel), Evite (Evita), olives (Oliver) and wicket (Wicked).. Toughest Connections puzzles. We’ve made a note of some of the toughest Connections puzzles so far. Maybe they’ll help you see patterns in future puzzles.. #5: Included “things you can set,” such as mood, record, table and volleyball.. #4: Included “one in a dozen,” such as egg, juror, month and rose.. #3: Included “streets on screen,” such as Elm, Fear, Jump and Sesame.. #2: Included “power ___” such as nap, plant, Ranger and trip.. #1: Included “things that can run,” such as candidate, faucet, mascara and nose.  

​Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.. Today’s Wordle puzzle includes some letters that are not commonly guessed. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on.. Read more: New Study Reveals Wordle’s Top 10 Toughest Words of 2025. Today’s Wordle hints. Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now.. Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats. Today’s Wordle answer has no repeated letters.. Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels. Today’s Wordle answer has one vowel.. Wordle hint No. 3: First letter. Today’s Wordle answer begins with S.. Wordle hint No. 4: Last letter. Today’s Wordle answer ends with N.. Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning. Today’s Wordle answer can relate to testimony given under oath.. TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER. Today’s Wordle answer is SWORN.. Yesterday’s Wordle answer. Yesterday’s Wordle answer, April 5, No. 1751, was ENVOY.. Recent Wordle answers. April 1, No. 1747: FIZZY. April 2, No. 1748: SOBER. April 3, No. 1749: SINGE. April 4, No. 1750: SANDY. What’s the best Wordle starting word?. Don’t be afraid to use our tip sheet ranking all the letters in the alphabet by frequency of uses. In short, you want starter words that lean heavy on E, A and R, and don’t contain Z, J and Q.. Some solid starter words to try:. ADIEU. TRAIN. CLOSE. STARE. NOISE  

​Looking for the most recent Mini Crossword answer? Click here for today’s Mini Crossword hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Wordle, Strands, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? I must say, 6-Across really stumped me, but I get it now. Read on for all the answers. And if you could use some hints and guidance for daily solving, check out our Mini Crossword tips.. If you’re looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands answers, you can visit CNET’s NYT puzzle hints page.. Read more: Tips and Tricks for Solving The New York Times Mini Crossword. Let’s get to those Mini Crossword clues and answers.. The completed NYT MIni Crossword puzzle for April 6, 2026. NYT/Screenshot by CNET. Mini across clues and answers. 1A clue: Transfusion cocktail = ___, ginger ale, grape juice and lime. Answer: VODKA. 6A clue: Body guard?. Answer: APRON. 7A clue: Temporary Instagram update. Answer: STORY. 8A clue: Big name in hiking sandals. Answer: TEVA. 9A clue: TV room. Answer: DEN. Mini down clues and answers. 1D clue: Reaching far and wide. Answer: VAST. 2D clue: Chose. Answer: OPTED. 3D clue: Went by car. Answer: DROVE. 4D clue: Book in a mosque, using a non-standard spelling. Answer: KORAN. 5D clue: “Got ___ bright ideas?”. Answer: ANY  

​Here’s the astronauts’ out-of-this-world menu. NASA Screenshot by Corinne Reichert/CNET. Astronaut eats: they’re not just Tang and Space Food Sticks these days. NASA shared a look at the menu for the Artemis II astronauts, and it doesn’t sound half bad.. The Artemis II crew will enjoy more than 10 types of beverages, including coffee, mango-peach smoothies, green tea, apple cider, lemonade, a pineapple drink, cocoa and breakfast drinks flavored in their choice of chocolate, vanilla or strawberry.. The most common food items they’ll eat include tortillas, wheat flat bread, vegetable quiche, barbecued beef brisket, mango salad, granola with blueberries, macaroni and cheese, tropical fruit salad, couscous with nuts, broccoli au gratin, spicy green beans, almonds, cashews, and butternut squash cauliflower.. NASA also reports that the astronauts can choose to spice up their meals — there are five different hot sauces available to the crew. And culinary flavorings available include maple syrup, chocolate spread, peanut butter, spicy mustard, strawberry jam, honey, cinnamon and almond butter. Sweet treats include cookies, chocolate, pudding, cake, candy-coated almonds and cobbler.. And, no, they’re not popping a flavor pill or sucking a sandwich out of a tube, like old sci-fi shows told us.. “Food aboard Orion is ready-to-eat, rehydratable, thermostabilized or irradiated,” NASA says. “The crew uses Orion’s potable water dispenser to rehydrate foods and beverages and a compact, briefcase-style food warmer to heat meals as needed.”