NYT Strands Hints and Answers for October 25, 2024 (#236)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of October 25, 2024: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of October 25, 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 October 25, 2024, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Make some noise!
Start from the clue “Make some noise!”. Once you see what the 8 theme words have in common, the grid opens up quickly.
Hint 2First letters
Sorted alphabetically, the first letters are B, C, G, G, M, P, S, S. Several share a starting letter (G, S).
Hint 3Word lengths
The theme words are 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6 and 6 letters long. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 6.
SpangramThe spangram
PETSOUNDS
It is a single word of 9 letters and it touches two opposite sides of the board.
Starts with P, ends with S.
AnswersAll theme words
- BARK4 letters
- MEOW4 letters
- PURR4 letters
- CHIRP5 letters
- GROWL5 letters
- GRUNT5 letters
- SQUAWK6 letters
- SQUEAK6 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.