Thursday, 2 April 2026

NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, April 3 (game #761)

Looking for a different day?

A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, April 2 (game #760).

Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Strands today (game #761) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is… Smooth(ie) operator

NYT Strands today (game #761) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

  • LINE
  • PLACE
  • CLAP
  • PINE
  • PYRE
  • FRUG

NYT Strands today (game #761) - hint #3 - spangram letters

How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 13 letters

NYT Strands today (game #761) - hint #4 - spangram position

What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: left, 5th row

Last side: right, 4th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #761) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 761 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #761, are…

  • GUAVA
  • ACAI
  • PINEAPPLE
  • LYCHEE
  • MANGO
  • PAPAYA
  • SPANGRAM: TROPICALFRUIT

  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: Perfect

As opposed to the hits of '80s legend Sade (who sang the brilliant Smooth Operator) it was immediately apparent that we were searching for smoothie ingredients.

It wasn’t immediately apparent that all the words would be TROPICALFRUIT, so my first thought was for banana — the key ingredient of most smoothies — a search you could say proved fruitless.

Smoothies are a key plot point in an HBO show I am currently watching — DTF St Louis — where one of the characters pretends to be a regular consumer of The Go Getter at her local juice store, where it is later revealed that she is a regular Watermelon Breeze consumer. It’s quite the twist!


Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Thursday, April 2, game #760)

  • AGENT
  • BETTOR
  • JOCKEY
  • TIPSTER
  • BOOKIE
  • TRAINER
  • SPANGRAM: HORSERACING

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I've got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.

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