NYT Strands Hints and Answers for August 21, 2025 (#536)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of August 21, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
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Hints for August 21, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Marvel-ous and then some
The puzzle calls today’s theme “Marvel-ous and then some”. Read it loosely: the 6 answers are examples of it, not synonyms for it.
Hint 2First letters
Sorted alphabetically, the first letters are D, H, R, S, T, W.
Hint 3Word lengths
The theme words are 4, 5, 5, 5, 9 and 9 letters long. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 9.
SpangramThe spangram
SUPERHEROES
It is a single word of 11 letters and it touches two opposite sides of the board.
Starts with S, ends with S.
AnswersAll theme words
- HULK4 letters
- ROGUE5 letters
- STORM5 letters
- THING5 letters
- DAREDEVIL9 letters
- WOLVERINE9 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.