NYT Strands Hints and Answers for June 21, 2025 (#475)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of June 21, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of June 21, 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 June 21, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Goose eggs
The puzzle calls today’s theme “Goose eggs”. Read it loosely: the 7 answers are examples of it, not synonyms for it.
Hint 2First letters
The theme words begin with B, N, N, N, Z, Z, Z. Several share a starting letter (N, Z).
Hint 3Word lengths
By length, the answers run 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6 and 7. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 7.
SpangramThe spangram
DIDDLYSQUAT
11 letters, a single word, running from one edge of the grid to the opposite edge.
Starts with D, ends with T.
AnswersAll theme words
- NADA4 letters
- ZERO4 letters
- ZILCH5 letters
- ZIPPO5 letters
- BUPKIS6 letters
- NAUGHT6 letters
- NOTHING7 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.