NYT Strands Hints and Answers for March 11, 2024 (#8)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of March 11, 2024: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of March 11, 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 11, 2024, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
To put it mildly
Start from the clue “To put it mildly”. Once you see what the 7 theme words have in common, the grid opens up quickly.
Hint 2First letters
Sorted alphabetically, the first letters are D, F, G, G, H, J, S. Two of them start with the same letter (G).
Hint 3Word lengths
The theme words are 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 7 and 8 letters long. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 8.
SpangramThe spangram
EUPHEMISMS
It is a single word of 10 letters and it touches two opposite sides of the board.
Starts with E, ends with S.
AnswersAll theme words
- DARN4 letters
- HECK4 letters
- FUDGE5 letters
- GOLLY5 letters
- SHOOT5 letters
- JEEPERS7 letters
- GADZOOKS8 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.