NYT Strands Hints and Answers for March 4, 2024 (#1)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of March 4, 2024: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of March 4, 2024? Start with the theme, take one rung at a time, and stop as soon as the grid opens up. Nothing below is revealed until you tap it.
Hints for March 4, 2024, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Mark my words
Start from the clue “Mark my words”. Once you see what the 6 theme words have in common, the grid opens up quickly.
Hint 2First letters
Sorted alphabetically, the first letters are A, C, C, H, P, S. Two of them start with the same letter (C).
Hint 3Word lengths
The theme words are 5, 5, 5, 6, 6 and 10 letters long. The shortest is 5 letters, the longest 10.
SpangramThe spangram
PUNCTUATION
It is a single word of 11 letters and it touches two opposite sides of the board.
Starts with P, ends with N.
AnswersAll theme words
- COLON5 letters
- COMMA5 letters
- SLASH5 letters
- HYPHEN6 letters
- PERIOD6 letters
- APOSTROPHE10 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.