NYT Strands Hints and Answers for June 22, 2025 (#476)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of June 22, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of June 22, 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 22, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Fragrant abuse
The puzzle calls today’s theme “Fragrant abuse”. Read it loosely: the 6 answers are examples of it, not synonyms for it.
Hint 2First letters
The theme words begin with F, M, P, R, R, S. Two of them start with the same letter (R).
Hint 3Word lengths
By length, the answers run 4, 4, 6, 7, 7 and 10. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 10.
SpangramThe spangram
THATSTINKS
10 letters, a single word, running from one edge of the grid to the opposite edge.
Starts with T, ends with S.
AnswersAll theme words
- FOUL4 letters
- RANK4 letters
- SMELLY6 letters
- PUNGENT7 letters
- REEKING7 letters
- MALODOROUS10 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.