NYT Strands Hints and Answers for August 4, 2025 (#519)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of August 4, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of August 4, 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 August 4, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Cutting it close
Start from the clue “Cutting it close”. Once you see what the 6 theme words have in common, the grid opens up quickly.
Hint 2First letters
The theme words begin with A, C, C, C, R, T. Two of them start with the same letter (C).
Hint 3Word lengths
By length, the answers run 4, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 10. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 10.
SpangramThe spangram
BARBERSHOP
10 letters, a single word, running from one edge of the grid to the opposite edge.
Starts with B, ends with P.
AnswersAll theme words
- CAPE4 letters
- COMB4 letters
- RAZOR5 letters
- TRIMMER7 letters
- CLIPPERS8 letters
- AFTERSHAVE10 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.