NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #401 (Tuesday, April 8 2025)

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Need help with Strands #401? Here are some hints and the answers

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Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "Out of this world" — is nice and easy if you're familiar with what it's hinting at.

Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #401, 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 #401, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #401.

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

The official theme for NYT Strands #401 is... "Out of this world".

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Futuristic film".

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

  • FINED
  • GRATIN
  • PAGES
  • MICE
  • TRAY
  • GONE
  • CRIME

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

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's SCIENCEFICTION.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #401?

Drumroll, please...

  • GRAVITY
  • ARRIVAL
  • DUNE
  • ALIEN
  • MEGALOPOLIS

Strands #401

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...and the spangram was HYBRIDCREATURE.

Strands #401

“Out of this world”

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Hi Strands fans. A nice and easy one today. "Out of this world" - to me at least - is only going to be about either astronomy or science fiction.

The matter of which was settled immediately. I saw the spangram of SCIENCEFICTION spelt from the middle of the left-hand side, all the way up to the top-right corner.

That cordoned off two words in the top-left segment: GRAVITY and ARRIVAL. From those, it was clear we were talking specifically about sci-fi movies.

I then saw DUNE on the right-hand side, followed by ALIEN below it. That just left MEGALOPOLIS on the left-hand side to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #400 right here.

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