NYT Strands Hints and Answers for July 28, 2024 (#147)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of July 28, 2024: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
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Hints for July 28, 2024, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Daily delivery
The puzzle calls today’s theme “Daily delivery”. Read it loosely: the 6 answers are examples of it, not synonyms for it.
Hint 2First letters
Sorted alphabetically, the first letters are C, G, H, J, T, T. Two of them start with the same letter (T).
Hint 3Word lengths
The theme words are 5, 5, 6, 7, 7 and 9 letters long. The shortest is 5 letters, the longest 9.
SpangramThe spangram
NEWSPAPER
It is a single word of 9 letters and it touches two opposite sides of the board.
Starts with N, ends with R.
AnswersAll theme words
- GLOBE5 letters
- TIMES5 letters
- HERALD6 letters
- JOURNAL7 letters
- TRIBUNE7 letters
- CHRONICLE9 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.