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If you’re looking for hints and answers for Strands for Saturday, April 5, 2025, read on—I’ll share some clues and tips, and finally the solution to the puzzle with the theme “In it to win it.” For an easy way to come back to our Strands hints every day,

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.