Hints and Solutions for NYT Strands on April 22

If you’re reading this, you’re seeking some guidance on how to play Strands, the elevated word-search game from the New York Times. Strands offers a unique twist on the classic word search. Players can form words from connected letters — whether up, down, left, right, or diagonal — and these words can also change direction, leading to interesting shapes and patterns. Every letter in the grid contributes to an answer. A theme links each solution, accompanied by the “spangram,” a special word or phrase that encapsulates that day’s theme and spans the entire grid either horizontally or vertically.

By providing a cryptic hint and omitting the word list, Strands presents a brain-teasing challenge that may take longer to complete than other games, such as Wordle and Connections. If you find yourself stuck or don’t have more than 10 minutes to tackle today’s puzzle, we’ve got all the hints you need to advance at your own pace.

Today’s NYT Strands theme is: Counter offers. The words are delicious.

Today’s theme in NYT Strands is straightforward: these words relate to food and drink. The spangram hint for today is whether it’s vertical or horizontal. Today’s spangram is horizontal, and the answer is CafeMenu.

NYT Strands word list for April 22: Pastries, Juices, Soup, Chai, Sandwiches, CafeMenu, Espresso.

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Not looking for today’s clues? Here’s the solution to yesterday’s Strands.