Hints & Clues For Wednesday, April 22 (Risky Business)

Today’s NYT Strands hints and answers

Credit: New York Times

It’s Earth Day today, and the NYT Strands is celebrating that with a very special grid filled with words all about how to save Mother Earth. Now I’m thinking about that old Saturday morning cartoon, Captain Planet. With our powers combined! In any case, let’s uncover some words — for the planet.

Looking for Tuesday’s Strands? Check out our guide right here.

How To Play Strands

Strands is the newest game in the New York Times’ stable of puzzle games. It’s a fun twist on classic word search games. Every day we’re given a new theme and then tasked with uncovering all the words on the grid that fit that theme, including a spangram that spans two sides of the board. One of these words is the spangram which crosses from one side of the grid to another and reveals even more about the day’s theme.

Spoilers ahead.

Today’s Strands Hints

Read on for today’s theme and some hints to help you uncover today’s words.

Today’s Theme: Earth Day

Hint: Instead of throwing your trash away, or your old junk, consider doing these things instead, to save the environment.

The first two letters of each word:

Remember, spoilers ahead!

What Are Today’s Strands Answers?

Today’s spangram is: CONSERVATION

Here’s the full list of words:

• REDUCE
• REUSE
• RECYCLE
• REFILL
• REPAIR
• DONATE

Here’s the completed Strands grid:

Today’s Strands Breakdown

This was a tough one to get started, mainly because there are so many RE combinations that it’s hard to know where to even begin. Some of the shapes of these words, like REUSE, are also really funky. Even the spangram is all twisted up over itself. I suppose it’s all very thematic: Saving the world from humanity’s garbage is turning out to be a real pickle.

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