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Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Strands answers.

And farther down the page, Ill reveal the spangram and the answers.

NYT Strands board for April 19, 2025: ___ a ___.

Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!

(The phrase starts with a verb thats synonymous with steal or grab.

That verb also goes in the first blank of todays puzzle theme.)

Completed NYT Strands board for April 19, 2024: ___ a ___.

What other words could fit in that last blank?

BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Strands puzzle!

Were about to give away the answers to todays Strands puzzle.

What is the spangram in todays Strands?

Todays spangram is TAKETHAT.

What are the theme words in todays Strands?

The theme words today are: SELFIE, GANDER, HIKE, BREATHER, HINT, CHANCE, NUMBER.

Well, I found TAKE and SEAT, but neither are theme words.

BATH, BATHE, TALK, READ, BRAT, GREAT, and FILE are non-theme words.

Oh, but HIKE is!

OK, so that could fit with the phrase take a HIKE.

Maybe its all things one can take?

Ive got it: the spangram is TAKETHAT.

SELFIE is in the upper left corner.

GANDER is in the bottom left corner.

BREATH is not a theme word, but BREATHER is!

NUMBER is in the bottom right corner.

CHANCE is above NUMBER.

Your job is to find the hidden words within the board that reflect the puzzles theme.

When you find the spangram, it will be highlighted in yellow.

Solving the spangram usually makes the rest of the puzzle much easier to complete.

There is only one correct solution.

How to win Strands

Unlike Connections and Wordle, you cannot fail Strands.

it’s possible for you to’t run out of guesses, and there is no time limit.