Today’s NYT Strands Hints & Answers for Oct. 23, 2025 (#599)

Written by Anish | Published: October 23, 2025, | Updated Daily

🧠 What Is NYT Strands?

Strands is one of The New York Times’ latest word puzzles where players find theme-based words hidden in a grid. The challenge: uncover all themed words and the spangram — a special word connecting both sides of the board.

If you’ve been struggling with today’s puzzle, here’s your full walkthrough with theme, hints, answers, and spangram for October 23, 2025 (Puzzle #599).

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🎃 Today’s NYT Strands Theme (Oct. 23, 2025)

Theme: 🧪 “Please don’t eat me!”
This theme is Halloween-flavored, focusing on dangerous and poisonous plants.

Clue Hint: Remember Mr. Yuk? (a reference to toxic substances)

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🪴 Today’s NYT Strands Hints

Here are some in-game words used to unlock hints:
POND, NOON, NODE, BALE, SOCK, LOVE, LOCK, MOCK, LEER, REEL, GLOVE, DAIS, LEAN, LEAD, REEL.

Each time you find three valid words (4+ letters), the puzzle reveals a theme word — helping you move closer to completing the grid.

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✅ NYT Strands Answers for Oct. 23, 2025 (#599)

Here are all the theme words for today’s Strands puzzle:

• AZALEA
• HEMLOCK
• FOXGLOVE
• OLEANDER
• BELLADONNA

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🌿 Today’s NYT Strands Spangram

Spangram: POISONOUS 🧬
This word ties the theme together and spans from one side of the puzzle to the other.
➡️ To find it: Start with P in the top-left corner and wind down and across the grid.

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🧩 Puzzle Summary

Puzzle Date	Puzzle #	Theme	Spangram	Difficulty
Oct. 23, 2025	#599	Please don’t eat me!	POISONOUS	🌕🌕🌕 (Challenging)

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❓ FAQs About Today’s NYT Strands Puzzle

1. What is today’s NYT Strands theme for Oct. 23, 2025?

Today’s Strands theme is “Please don’t eat me!”, featuring poisonous plants.

2. What is today’s NYT Strands spangram?

The spangram for Oct. 23 (#599) is POISONOUS.

3. Which theme words are in today’s puzzle?

Today’s theme words: AZALEA, HEMLOCK, FOXGLOVE, OLEANDER, BELLADONNA.

4. How many theme words are there in Strands?

The number varies daily — typically 5–8 theme words plus 1 spangram.

5. When does NYT Strands update?

Strands updates daily at midnight ET on the New York Times Games site.