New York Times Strands Hints and Answers for September 24, 2024

Strands has seven challenging themed words for fans to find buried in the jumble of letters it presents to you. In order to win, you need to figure out the theme and find all the words, all while using every letter in the grid.

And today’s puzzle is even more difficult than the rules of how to play Strands make it sound; there are difficult words in here. And the clue isn’t much help either. If you are lost on what to do next, this article is here to help with all sorts of clues and spoilers.

The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #205 September 24, 2024

The Strands puzzle for today has the clue Spacing Out. It has seven items to find: the Spangram category and six themed words.

New York Times Games Strands Clues

If you are stuck on this puzzle game but don’t want to use any of the in-game hints that give whole words away, you should check out the three sections below. Each contains a spoiler-free hint that will get you closer to the theme.

General Hint 1

Hint 1
: Out in space, more like.

General Hint 2

Hint 2
: Space and technology stories.

General Hint 3

Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands

If you are still stuck in this innovative puzzle game, you can find even more help below. These two sections will give you a themed word spoiler without the trouble of having to look for non-themed words to get it.

Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands

The full answer to this challenging puzzle game is in the section below. Open it up, and you will find all the themed words, the Spangram, and a screenshot of where each of those words go in the letter grid.

The category for today is
ScienceFiction
. The words are Martian, Droid, Cyborg, Mutant, Robot, and Alien.

Today’s Strands Explained

If you don’t get how the theme, the Spangram, and the clue all work together, check out the section below. Inside will be a full explanation for today’s puzzle.

Spacing Out
is in reference to how most
Science Fiction
takes place in space or on another planet, and how people who daydream about scifi might be said to be spacing out. Each of the themed words are common things found in science fiction stories.

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