NYT Strands Hints and Answers for September 14, 2025 (#560)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of September 14, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of September 14, 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 September 14, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Hurry up!
The puzzle calls today’s theme “Hurry up!”. Read it loosely: the 6 answers are examples of it, not synonyms for it.
Hint 2First letters
The theme words begin with L, P, R, S, S, S. Two of them start with the same letter (S).
Hint 3Word lengths
By length, the answers run 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 9.
SpangramThe spangram
NOTSOFAST
9 letters, a single word, running from one edge of the grid to the opposite edge.
Starts with N, ends with T.
AnswersAll theme words
- SLOW4 letters
- POKEY5 letters
- STEADY6 letters
- RELAXED7 letters
- SLUGGISH8 letters
- LEISURELY9 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.