NYT Strands Hints and Answers for February 1, 2025 (#335)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of February 1, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
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Hints for February 1, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Hunt and peck
The puzzle calls today’s theme “Hunt and peck”. Read it loosely: the 7 answers are examples of it, not synonyms for it.
Hint 2First letters
Sorted alphabetically, the first letters are C, E, F, H, K, O, V.
Hint 3Word lengths
The theme words are 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 7 and 7 letters long. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 7.
SpangramThe spangram
RAPTORS
It is a single word of 7 letters and it touches two opposite sides of the board.
Starts with R, ends with S.
AnswersAll theme words
- HAWK4 letters
- EAGLE5 letters
- CONDOR6 letters
- FALCON6 letters
- OSPREY6 letters
- KESTREL7 letters
- VULTURE7 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.