NYT Strands Hints and Answers for August 24, 2025 (#539)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of August 24, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of August 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 August 24, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Plug your ears
The puzzle calls today’s theme “Plug your ears”. Read it loosely: the 6 answers are examples of it, not synonyms for it.
Hint 2First letters
The theme words begin with B, B, B, L, N, S. Two of them start with the same letter (B).
Hint 3Word lengths
By length, the answers run 4, 5, 7, 8, 8 and 10. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 10.
SpangramThe spangram
HUBBUB
6 letters, a single word, running from one edge of the grid to the opposite edge.
Starts with H, ends with B.
AnswersAll theme words
- LOUD4 letters
- NOISY5 letters
- BOOMING7 letters
- BLASTING8 letters
- STRIDENT8 letters
- BOISTEROUS10 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.