NYT Strands Hints and Answers for February 24, 2025 (#358)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of February 24, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of February 24, 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 24, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Step to it
Start from the clue “Step to it”. Once you see what the 7 theme words have in common, the grid opens up quickly.
Hint 2First letters
The theme words begin with M, S, S, S, S, T, W. Two of them start with the same letter (S).
Hint 3Word lengths
By length, the answers run 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6 and 7. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 7.
SpangramThe spangram
GETMOVING
9 letters, a single word, running from one edge of the grid to the opposite edge.
Starts with G, ends with G.
AnswersAll theme words
- SKIP4 letters
- MOSEY5 letters
- STRUT5 letters
- STROLL6 letters
- TIPTOE6 letters
- WADDLE6 letters
- SHUFFLE7 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.