For Tuesday, April 29, 2025, NYT Strands game #422 has the theme “I’ve got you covered.” The spangram is SHELLS; the six theme words are TORTOISE, NAUTILUS, TACO, WALNUT, NUCLEUS and ARMADILLO. Spoilers follow.
Hints for the April 29 Strands puzzle
- Theme: “I’ve got you covered.”
- First hint: “Turtles and the like.”
- Additional hint: “But also peanuts.”
- Answer initials: TO, NA, TA, WA, NU, AR.
Spangram and answers
The spangram is SHELLS. The six other answers are:
- TORTOISE
- NAUTILUS
- TACO
- WALNUT
- NUCLEUS
- ARMADILLO
How the words fit the theme
The set uses “shell” broadly rather than referring only to animal shells. TORTOISE, NAUTILUS and ARMADILLO are animals; TACO and WALNUT bring in foods; NUCLEUS completes the set with a biological structure. The mix explains why the hints point both to turtles and to peanuts.
About this puzzle
This is the daily themed word-search puzzle dated Tuesday, April 29, 2025, game #422—not a later puzzle published on April 29 in another year. Forbes’ guide, published April 28, 2025, describes the spangram as a word spanning two sides of the board. Read the Forbes guide. Play NYT Strands.
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