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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 8, 2025: Out of this world.

Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!

BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Strands puzzle!

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

Completed NYT Strands board for April 8, 2024: Out of this world.

What is the spangram in todays Strands?

Todays spangram is SCIENCEFICTION.

What are the theme words in todays Strands?

The theme words today are: GRAVITY, ARRIVAL, MEGALOPOLIS, DUNE, ALIEN.

I see TION in the upper right, which could be the end of a word.

Oh, theres FICTION, and now I see that it makes the spangram: SCIENCEFICTION.

Theres GRAVITY above the spangram.

Is it specifically sci-fi movies?

Yep, theres ARRIVAL (one of my personal favorites) above GRAVITY.

MEGALOPOLIS is in the bottom left corner.

(An iconically bad movie, Im told.)

ALIEN is in the bottom right corner.

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.

you’re free to’t run out of guesses, and there is no time limit.