<ul><li>Strands is a brand new daily puzzle from the New York Times.</li><li>You start every Strands puzzle with the goal of finding the “theme words” hidden in the grid of letters.</li><li>The puzzle includes a special theme word, known as a spangram, which is highlighted yellow when found.</li><li>Today's theme for the Strands puzzle is 'On the board' and the spangram is 'GAMEPIECES'. The answers for today's puzzle are DOMINO, CHECKER, KNIGHT, TILE, BATTLESHIP, and TOKEN.</li></ul>

NYT Strands today: hints, spangram and answers for Friday, April 18

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