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 #422 (Tuesday, April 29 2025) Alan Martin 28 April 2025 Need help with Strands #422? 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 — "I've got you covered" — is really hard, even when you know what it's about. Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #422, 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 #422, so read on if you need a little help. Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #422. You may like NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #417 (Thursday, April 24 2025) NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #412 (Saturday, April 19 2025) Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints The official theme for NYT Strands #422 is... "I've got you covered" And here's an unofficial hint from me: "For protection." 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 and ends with S. 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 SHELLS Strands #422 “I've got you covered” Hi Strands fans. This is one of the hardest puzzles to date. Not only does the theme of "I've got you covered" fail to give much away, but the answers themselves don't seem to have all that much in common at a glance. Yes, they all have SHELLS, but I'd still defy anyone to spot the link between a walnut and a nucleus. With that in mind, it took me two clues to get started. TACO was the first one, and WALNUT the second. That made it clear that this was about shelled things, and I was away. I found ARMADILLO in the bottom-left corner, followed by NUCLEUS on the opposite side to complete the bottom half of the board. TORTOISE was an obvious one in the top-left corner, but it took me a while to decode the final anagram of SULITUAN. It was, of course, NAUTILUS. Yesterday's Strands answers Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #421 right here. Today's best Netflix deals Netflix - Standard with ads Netflix - Standard Netflix - Premium See more Gaming News Alan Martin 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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