Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Spangram and Answer for April 6, 2026 (#764)

NYT Strands #764 for April 6, 2026 is here! Theme: “Fringe group” — progressive hints and full answers below.

Today’s Strands Hints (April 6, 2026 — #764)

• Theme hint: Think about edges, extremes, and the outermost parts of anything
• Spangram hint: 11 letters, starts with O
• Word count: 6 theme words + spangram
• Starting letters: V, B, E, M, B, E

Today’s Spangram

The spangram is: OUTER LIMITS

OUTER LIMITS perfectly captures the theme — it refers to the farthest boundaries of any given space or concept, tying together everything from a narrow VERGE to a vast EXTREMITY.

Today’s Strands Answers (April 6, 2026 — #764)

• VERGE — the very edge of something, as in “on the verge of”
• BOUNDARY — a dividing line marking the fringe of a defined area
• EDGE — the sharpest, outermost point of something
• MARGIN — the blank fringe at the periphery, whether on a page or in life
• BRINK — the extreme edge of a drop or a dangerous threshold
• EXTREMITY — the farthest possible point from the center

My Take on Today’s Strands #764

This one sits comfortably in the medium range — once you see that every word describes “the outermost part of something,” the grid opens up fast. BRINK is the trickiest since it carries such a specific emotional connotation (the brink of disaster) that its literal geometric meaning can get lost. EXTREMITY and BOUNDARY were the easiest letter-paths to trace; MARGIN, on the other hand, hides deceptively in the middle of the grid before revealing its full span.

How to Play NYT Strands

Strands is a word search puzzle from The New York Times. Each puzzle has a theme, and you need to find all theme words hidden in the grid. The Spangram is a special word that spans the entire board and reveals the theme. Highlight letters by dragging across adjacent cells. Finding non-theme words earns hints that reveal a theme word’s letters.

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