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NYT ‘Strands’ Today: Hints And Answers For Friday, March 7

ByKris Holt

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Today’s NYT Strands hints and answers.

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The New York Times’ Strands puzzle is a play on the classic word search. It’s available on the NYT website and in the NYT Games app alongside the likes of Wordle and Connections (which we also cover in daily guides at Forbes Gaming).

There’s a new game of Strands to play every day. The game will present you with a six by eight grid of letters. The aim is to find a group of words that have something in common, and you’ll get a clue as to what that theme is. When you find a theme word, it will remain highlighted in blue.

You’ll also need to find a special word called a spangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The spangram links at least two sides of the board, but it may not start or end there. While the theme words will not be a proper name, the spangram can be a proper name. When you find the spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.

Every letter is used once in one of the theme words and spangram. You can connect letters vertically, horizontally and diagonally, and it’s possible to switch directions in the middle of a word. If you’re playing on a touchscreen, double tap the last letter to submit your guess.

If you find three valid words of at least four letters that are not part of the theme, you’ll unlock the Hint button. Clicking this will highlight the letters that make up one of the theme words.

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Be warned: You’ll need to be on your toes. Sometimes you’ll need to fill the missing word(s) in a phrase. On other days, the game may revolve around synonyms or homophones. The difficulty will vary from day to day, and the puzzle creators will try to surprise you sometimes.

Scroll slowly! Just after the hint for today’s Strands puzzle, I’ll reveal what the answer words are.

The official theme hint for today’s Strand puzzle is…

All decked out

Need some extra help? Here’s another hint…

Deal with it

There are seven theme words to find today, including the spangram.

Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Strands hints.

Here are the first two letters of every theme word in today’s puzzle. They’re ordered from left to right, then top to bottom by any letter of the word appearing for the first time:

Before I reveal the other the full word list, I’ll first tell you the spangram and show you where that is on the grid.

This is your final spoiler warning!

Today’s Strands spangram is…

CARD GAMES

Here’s where you’ll find it on the grid…

New York Times Strands screenshot, showing the highlighted term ONLINE DATING

Today’s Strands theme words are…

Here’s what the completed grid looks like…

Completed NYT Strands grid for March 7, including the words PINOCHLE, CARD GAMES, CRIBBAGE, CANASTA, … [+]

My first thought, based on the theme hint, was that the grid would have something to do with either a cruise liner (as in its decks) or a backyard. But after spotting POKER — which I thought would just be a hint word — in the bottom left, the theme became immediately clear. I quickly spotted the spangram right next to that word.

I have to admit, I needed a couple of hints for this one. I’m completely unfamiliar with PINOCHLE, CANASTA and EUCHRE. But hey, I got there in the end.

I used two hints and the spangram was the second theme word I found.

That’s it from me for Strands coverage for the time being. See you in a couple of weeks!

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Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for March 7, #369

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle No. 369 for March 7.

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Today’s Strands theme is: All decked out

If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Deal me in

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme. If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints, but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you’ve got all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:

The completed NYT Strands puzzle for March 7, 2025, #369.

Today’s Strands spangram is CARDGAMES. To find it, start with the C that’s four letters in from the far left on the bottom row, and wind up.

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NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #369 (Friday, March 7 2025)

Need help with Strands #369? Here are some hints and the answers

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Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today’s theme — “All decked out” — is a little obscure, and I struggled to find the answers even when I knew what it was about.

Below, we’ve compiled some useful hints for Strands #369, 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 #369, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #369.

The official theme for NYT Strands #369 is… “All decked out”.

And here’s an unofficial hint from me: “Walk away from the table”.

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 C and ends with S.

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Scroll down to find out what it is…

It’s CARDGAMES.

So, what are today’s Strands answers for game #369?

Drumroll, please…

…and the spangram was CARDGAMES.

Strands #369

“All decked out”

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Hi Strands fans. I found today’s puzzle rather tricky. Not only did I have to use a clue to get started, but even when I knew what the theme meant, I’d never heard of half the games involved, meaning a lot of tedious trial and error.

That clue revealed POKER in the bottom-left corner, which was pretty explicit about what the theme of “All decked out” meant (if it were EUCHRE or PINOCHLE, I wouldn’t have had a clue). As such, I was able to divide the board in two with the spangram of CARDGAMES.

I then picked off the ones I’d heard of, even if I’d never actually played them. CRIBBAGE was in the top-right corner, with RUMMY directly below it. I then experimented with the remaining letters in the bottom-right corner until I came up with EUCHRE.

I next found CANASTA on the left-hand side, which just left the anagram of HCOLNEIP to decode. I’d never heard of PINOCHLE, but by joining random letters until something worked, I got there in the end.

Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday’s Strands answers for game #368 right here.

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