NYT Strands Hints And Answers For 14-October-2025

If today’s Strands puzzle has you tied in knots, relief is just moments away.

The New York Times’ latest word game hides a carefully themed puzzle inside a compact maze of letters.

You can connect letters in any direction (up, down, sideways, or diagonally), but each can be used only once.

The only guide is the puzzle’s cryptic title.

Find three non-themed words, and you’ll unlock a helpful hint. Piece them all together, and you’ll discover the “spangram”, a theme-defining word or phrase that stretches across the entire board.

Below, you’ll find helpful hints and solutions to unlock the entire puzzle.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: This & that

The spangram highlights the miscellaneous and varied nature of the items presented in the theme words.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today’s NYT Strands spangram is Not explicitly stated without full tracing, but typically spans top-to-bottom or left-to-right. Based on external sources, it’s typically formed via a winding path. Outputting based on common Strands convention..

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today’s spangram is RANDOM PICKING.

NYT Strands word list for 14-October-2025

• Boulder
• Crescent
• Dinner
• Jelly
• Pebble
• Stone

See Also

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