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NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #424 (Thursday, May 1 2025)

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Need help with Strands #424? Here are some hints and the answers

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Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "I get around" — is pretty straightforward once you get into the right mindset.

Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #424, as well as the answers, should it come to that. We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #424, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #424.

Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints

The official theme for NYT Strands #424 is... "I get around".

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Alternatives to walking."

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:

  • DORKS
  • HEAT
  • CLOSE
  • BANG
  • SLEET
  • CORE
  • SEATERS

Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with W and ends with E.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's WHEELIE.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #424?

Drumroll, please...

  • BICYCLE
  • WAGON
  • ROLLERBLADES
  • SCOOTER
  • SKATEBOARD

Strands #424

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...and the spangram was WHEELIE

Strands #424

“I get around”

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Hi Strands fans. A nice simple one today, even if you don't catch the 'round' hint in the theme of "I get around".

I thought about transport from the off, and saw BICYCLE in the bottom-left corner. Next to it was WAGON which proved I was on the right track. Immediately above it was the spangram of WAGON.

Despite this super-fast start, the top half of the grid slowed me down quite a bit, as I was thinking about means of getting from A to B. Eventually, however, I got ROLLERBLADES in the top-right corner and realized that this wasn't about vehicles but anything with wheels.

That made finding the last two quite a bit easier. I gound SCOOTER first, and then SKATEBOARD to its left to complete the puzzle without clues.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #423 right here.

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Alan Martin

Freelance contributor Alan has been writing about tech for over a decade, covering phones, drones and everything in between. Previously Deputy Editor of tech site Alphr, his words are found all over the web and in the occasional magazine too. When not weighing up the pros and cons of the latest smartwatch, you'll probably find him tackling his ever-growing games backlog. He also handles all the Wordle coverage on Tom's Guide and has been playing the addictive NYT game for the last several years in an effort to keep his streak forever intact.

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