​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 is tough, but in the end, it’s a fun one. And the spangram makes a fun themed shape! 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: For a rainy day. If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Singin’ in the rain.. 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:. CANT, CALL, ROUT, RILE, SIRE, LIRE, BAIL, MAIL, TALL, MALL, HALL, BAND, PANE, TAPAS. 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:. RIBS, VENT, PANEL, SHAFT, BUTTON, CANOPY, HANDLE. Today’s Strands spangram. The completed NYT Strands puzzle for March 30, 2026. NYT/Screenshot by CNET. Today’s Strands spangram is UMBRELLATERM. To find it, start with the U that is three letters to the right on the bottom row, and wind up, forming … kind of an umbrella shape?. 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 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 is a fun word, and if you get the first and third letter, you’re golden. 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 two vowels.. Wordle hint No. 3: First letter. Today’s Wordle answer begins with C.. Wordle hint No. 4: Last letter. Today’s Wordle answer ends with T.. Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning. Today’s Wordle answer can refer to a large object made of dust and ice that orbits the Sun.. TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER. Today’s Wordle answer is COMET.. Yesterday’s Wordle answer. Yesterday’s Wordle answer, March 29, No. 1744, was CHUMP.. Recent Wordle answers. March 25, No. 1740: WISER. March 26, No. 1741: BEFIT. March 27, No. 1742: IVORY. March 28, No. 1743: AFOOT. 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 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 features one of those infamous purple-category topics, where you have to play around with adding letters to words. It’s fun, but challenging. 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: Not real.. Green group hint: Fool with.. Blue group hint: Enterprise is another one.. Purple group hint: Snack foods, but with a twist.. Answers for today’s Connections groups. Yellow group: Imitation.. Green group: Play around (with).. Blue group: Car rental companies.. Purple group: Snack brands plus starting letter.. 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 March 30, 2026. NYT/Screenshot by CNET. The yellow words in today’s Connections. The theme is imitation. The four answers are dummy, ersatz, faux and mock.. The green words in today’s Connections. The theme is play around (with). The four answers are futz, mess, tinker and toy.. The blue words in today’s Connections. The theme is car rental companies. The four answers are Avis, Budget, Dollar and Hertz.. The purple words in today’s Connections. The theme is snack brands plus starting letter. The four answers are Fritz (ritz), plays (Lays), truffles (Ruffles) and Utz (yutz).. 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 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.. I’m unfamiliar with “wax apples,” so 2-Down was a mystery to me until the other answers filled in. Need some help with today’s Mini Crossword? 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.. Mini across clues and answers. 1A clue: 1975 Spielberg film that’s considered the first summer blockbuster. Answer: JAWS. 5A clue: “Oh okay, gotcha”. Answer: ISEE. 6A clue: Athlete from New York (in one sport) or San Francisco (in another). Answer: GIANT. 8A clue: Declare publicly. Answer: AVOW. 9A clue: Emperor who didn’t actually fiddle while Rome burned. Answer: NERO. Mini down clues and answers. 1D clue: “The ___ is up!”. Answer: JIG. 2D clue: Like lotus root and wax apples. Answer: ASIAN. 3D clue: Drive dangerously in traffic. Answer: WEAVE. 4D clue: Spanish title. Answer: SENOR. 7D clue: Scrabble value of D or G. Answer: TWO  

​Looking for the most recent regular 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 and Strands puzzles.. Today’s Connections: Sports Edition is a tough one. You’ll need to know a little about four very different sports in order to solve it. If you’re struggling with today’s puzzle, read on for hints and the answers.. Connections: Sports Edition is published by The Athletic, the subscription-based sports journalism site owned by The Times. It doesn’t appear in the NYT Games app, but it does in The Athletic’s own app. Or you can play it for free online.. Read more: NYT Connections: Sports Edition Puzzle Comes Out of Beta. 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: Make a racket.. Green group hint: Goooooal!. Blue group hint: Baseball stars.. Purple group hint: Toss the pigskin.. Answers for today’s Connections: Sports Edition groups. Yellow group: Tennis Grand Slams.. Green group: Premier League teams.. Blue group: Last four World Series MVPs.. Purple group: ____ football.. Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words. What are today’s Connections: Sports Edition answers?. The completed NYT Connections: Sports Edition puzzle for March 30, 2026. NYT/Screenshot by CNET. The yellow words in today’s Connections. The theme is Tennis Grand Slams. The four answers are Australian, French, U.S., and Wimbledon.. The green words in today’s Connections. The theme is Premier League teams. The four answers are Chelsea, Leeds, Liverpool and Sunderland.. The blue words in today’s Connections. The theme is last four World Series MVPs. The four answers are Freeman, Peña, Seager and Yamamoto.. The purple words in today’s Connections. The theme is ____ football. The four answers are American, fantasy, flag and total.