#55Saturday, April 27, 2024
Strands answers for April 27, 2024 — “Call me?” (#55)
Spoilers below — this page is the full record for this puzzle
The NYT Strands spangram for April 27, 2024 (puzzle #55) is TITLES, a 6-letter answer to the theme "Call me?". The 6 theme words are ADMIRAL, DOCTOR, PROFESSOR, QUEEN, REVEREND and SENATOR.
Where is each answer on the April 27 Strands board?
Strands #55 resolves to these 6 theme words plus the spangram TITLES.
The table gives the start square, end square and travel direction of all 7 answers. Every position comes from solving the grid outright — the answers have to tile all 48 letters with no overlap and no remainder, which is what makes a single arrangement provable.
| Answer | Letters | Starts | Ends | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADMIRAL | 7 | row 3, column 2 | row 2, column 5 | left to right |
| DOCTOR | 6 | row 4, column 5 | row 1, column 4 | bottom to top |
| PROFESSOR | 9 | row 5, column 4 | row 7, column 5 | diagonally across the grid |
| QUEEN | 5 | row 6, column 1 | row 8, column 1 | diagonally across the grid |
| REVEREND | 8 | row 4, column 1 | row 1, column 3 | diagonally across the grid |
| SENATOR | 7 | row 8, column 3 | row 5, column 2 | bottom to top |
| TITLES | 6 | row 4, column 6 | row 5, column 1 | right to left |
What did the April 27 Strands grid look like?
Puzzle #55 is played on 48 letters arranged in eight rows of six.
Spangram — 6 letters6 theme words
Each line traces one answer through the letters it uses; the heavier yellow line is the spangram.
Read across the grid, row 1 reads E-E-D-R-O-T, row 2 reads V-R-N-A-L-C, row 3 reads E-A-M-I-R-O, row 4 reads R-E-D-T-D-T, row 5 reads S-R-L-P-I-F, row 6 reads Q-O-T-R-O-E, row 7 reads U-E-A-N-R-S, and row 8 reads N-E-S-E-O-S.
How hard was the April 27 Strands puzzle?
The difficulty index rates puzzle #55 as average: it sits at the 33th percentile of every Strands grid to date.
Easiest puzzle ever published on the left, hardest on the right. The formula behind the score, and the ranked list of every puzzle, are on the Strands difficulty index.
Who made the April 27 Strands puzzle?
Strands puzzle #55 was edited by Tracy Bennett and constructed by Heidi Erwin. Output across the whole run is broken down on who makes NYT Strands.
Common questions about the April 27 Strands puzzle
What was the clue for Strands on April 27, 2024?
The Strands clue for April 27, 2024 is “Call me?”, on puzzle #55. It is answered by the spangram TITLES, and all 6 theme words that day belong to that idea.
What were the Strands words on April 27, 2024?
The 6 Strands theme words for April 27, 2024 are ADMIRAL, DOCTOR, PROFESSOR, QUEEN, REVEREND and SENATOR, plus the spangram TITLES.
What was the big word in the April 27, 2024 Strands?
The big word — the spangram — for April 27, 2024 is TITLES, 6 letters long, running from row 4, column 6 to row 5, column 1. It is the one word that touches two opposite sides of the board and states the theme outright.
What did the Strands theme “Call me?” mean?
The Strands theme “Call me?” for April 27, 2024 means TITLES — that is what the spangram spells, and every one of the 6 theme words is an example of it.
How many theme words are in Strands April 27, 2024?
Strands puzzle #55 has 6 theme words plus one spangram, and together they use all 48 letters on the board exactly once.
How difficult was the April 27, 2024 Strands puzzle?
Strands #55 rates average on a computed index, harder than 33% of every Strands puzzle published since March 2024.
What number was the Strands puzzle on April 27, 2024?
The Strands puzzle published on Saturday, April 27, 2024 is #55, counting from the game's launch on March 4, 2024.
Today’s puzzle and its hint ladder are on the front page. This puzzle sits in April 2024, part of the full Strands archive.