Skip to main content Tom's Guide Tom's Guide Search Tom's Guide View Profile Newsletters Best Picks Entertainment Nintendo Switch 2 Tariff tracker Best Mattress Wordle Today NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #415 (Tuesday, April 22 2025) Alan Martin 21 April 2025 Need help with Strands #415? Here are some hints and the answers When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Tom’s Guide/NY Times/Shutterstock) Today's hints Today's answers Yesterday's answers Strands today: Quick menu 1. Today's hints 2. Today's answer 3. Yesterday's answer Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "Counter offers" — is wonderfully misleading, but then maddeningly obvious when you get an answer on the board. Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #415, 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 #415, so read on if you need a little help. Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #415. You may like NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #411 (Friday, April 18 2025) NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #413 (Sunday, April 20 2025) Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints The official theme for NYT Strands #415 is... "Counter offers". And here's an unofficial hint from me: "A nice refreshment". If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens: Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with C and ends with U. Sign up to get the BEST of Tom's Guide direct to your inbox. Get instant access to breaking news, the hottest reviews, great deals and helpful tips. 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Strands #415 “Counter offers” Hi Strands fans. A clever theme from the NYT puzzle setters today. Of course, "Counter offers" makes you think about negotiation, when it's actually about what you can buy over the counter in a deli or cafe. Unfortunately, I didn't make that connection by myself, and only cottoned on when my clue revealed CHAI in the top-right corner. Right, so this was going to be about hot drinks, presumably? In any case, I connected the spangram of CAFEMENU across the board before looking for more options. I found ESPRESSO below the spangram on the right-hand side, before then finding SANDWICHES in the top-left corner to widen the search for foods as well as drinks. I then located JUICES in the bottom-right corner - slightly annoying, because I'd already incorrectly connected "juice" (as a singular) earlier. Two words were left to find in the bottom-left corner. I connected SOUP at the top of the section first, and that just left PASTRIES below it 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 #414 right here. Today's best Netflix deals Netflix - Standard with ads Netflix - Standard Netflix - Premium See more Gaming News Alan Martin Social Links Navigation 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. Or, more likely, playing Spelunky for the millionth time. You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name. 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