NYT Strands Hints and Answers for February 16, 2025 (#350)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of February 16, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of February 16, 2025? 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 February 16, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Flour power
Start from the clue “Flour power”. 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, B, C, C, R, T. Two of them start with the same letter (C).
Hint 3Word lengths
The theme words are 4, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 letters long. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 9.
SpangramThe spangram
GLUTENFREE
It is a single word of 10 letters and it touches two opposite sides of the board.
Starts with G, ends with E.
AnswersAll theme words
- CORN4 letters
- RICE4 letters
- ALMOND6 letters
- TAPIOCA7 letters
- CHICKPEA8 letters
- BUCKWHEAT9 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.