NYTs Strands Hints, Tips, and Answers for Today, April 3, 2025

Today’s Strands puzzle presents another difficult challenge from the New York Times Games. The objective remains clear: identify all theme-related words in the letter grid while utilizing each letter exactly once, guided only by a single cryptic clue.

This deceptively simple task often proves challenging even for those who know how to play Strands well. For those requiring assistance, this article provides all sorts of support, ranging from thematic suggestions to the complete solution. This allows you to select the level of help appropriate for your current progress with the puzzle.

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The NYT Games Strands Get The Bug #396 April 3, 2025

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The Strands puzzle for today has the clue Get The Bug. It has seven things to find: the Spangram and six themed words.

NYT Strands Spangram Tips and Theme Hints

Searching for some help that doesn’t give away whole words of the answer of this puzzle game? You can find spoiler-free hints in each of the three sections below, helping you to get a little closer to the answer without ruining anything.

General Spangram Hint 1

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Hint 1: What are some bug-like things?

General Spangram Hint 2

Hint 2: Different kinds of bugs.

General Spangram Hint 3

Spoilers for Today’s New York Times Strands

If a spoiler would be welcome to help you solve today’s puzzle, you can find two of them below. It beats having to save up non-themed words to get the same hints in this internet-browser-based puzzle game.

Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

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The Answer to the NYT Get The Bug Strands

If you want to see the whole answer for today’s New York Times Games Strands, you can find it here. The section below has a screenshot of a completed puzzle so you can see all the words and where they belong inside the letter grid.

The category for today is Entomology. The words are Lightning, Stink, Lady, Assassin, Potato, and Doodle.

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Today’s Strands Explained

If you don’t understand how all the pieces of today’s puzzle fit together, check out the section below. Inside, you can find a breakdown of how the clue, the Spangram, and all the themed words fit snugly together.

The theme for today is Entomology, which is the study of bugs. Each of the words can be followed up with the word “bug” to make a common thing or phrase, so the clue Get the Bug is perfect for this puzzle.

Want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Strands website available on almost any device with a browser.