Today’s NYT Strands, Tips, Answers and Help for #417 April 24th

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How to use NYT Strand Puzzles may be tricky as they are rare categories of words. If you need some tips and answers, read on.

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Strand puzzle tips today

Today’s Strand theme is: Coarse material.

If that’s not helpful, here’s a clue: touching doesn’t feel good.

Word clues to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that match the theme of the puzzle. If you’re stuck, find out what you can. Whenever you find three words of four or more letters, the strand reveals one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get their hints, but the words of four or more letters you found work:

• Cole, pimp, stand, stand, cola, cola, sand, tuff, pouf, pup, tan, saur, cowl, lob, bag, cloth, cloth, rough, peas

Today’s Strand Puzzle Answers

These are answers that are linked to the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find everything that includes the Spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight, but I learned that the numbers can vary), all the characters on the board are used. Here is the answer to nonspangram:

• Bark, rope, rufa, pumice stone, sack cloth, sandpaper

Today’s Strandspangram

Today’s strand span grams are rough. To find it, start with the three letters R to the right of the top line and then roll it down.