Skip to main content Tom's Guide Tom's Guide Search Tom's Guide View Profile Newsletters Best Picks Entertainment Switch 2 Pre-Orders iPhone 17 Air Best laptops Best Mattress Wordle Today NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #420 (Sunday, April 27 2025) Alan Martin 26 April 2025 Need help with Strands #420? 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 — "Sleep tight" — isn't too tough to decode, but some of the associated answers may still be hard to unpick. Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #420, 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 #420, so read on if you need a little help. Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #420. You may like NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #416 (Wednesday, April 23 2025) NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #417 (Thursday, April 24 2025) Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints The official theme for NYT Strands #420 is... "Sleep tight". And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Ensuring a restful night." 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 B and ends with E. 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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(Image credit: Alan Martin) ...and the spangram was BEDTIME Strands #420 “Sleep tight” Hi Strands fans. This was an easy one, even as someone who - much to the frustration of my frequently insominac partner - has no trouble falling asleep. "Sleep tight" can only refer to sleeping, and I saw the spangram of BEDTIME across the grid from left to right straight away. I then found MASK below it, which cordoned off EARPLUGS to its right. Clearly this was a puzzle dedicated to the kind of sleep aids I have no need for. Still, I found MEDITATION in the top-right corner, followed by MOUTHGUARD to its left. That just left the anagram of MINENOLAT to unpick in the bottom-left corner. It was, of course, MELATONIN. Yesterday's Strands answers Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #419 right here. 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