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NYT Strands Hints & Answers for August 31, 2025
NYT Strands Hints & Answers for August 31, 2025
If you are struggling with today’s NYT Strands puzzle, you’re not alone. Many puzzle fans who are bored with Wordle and Connections are now turning to Strands for a tougher daily challenge. To make things easier, here are the official hints, Spangram, and answers for Sunday, August 31, 2025.
What Is NYT Strands?
Strands is a daily word game from The New York Times. Players connect letters in a six-by-eight grid to form words around a given theme. Each puzzle also includes one special word called the Spangram, which stretches across the grid horizontally, vertically, or diagonally and reveals the puzzle’s theme.
Today’s NYT Strands Theme (August 31, 2025)
Theme: Up the Hill
???? Quick Hint: Think of a popular nursery rhyme involving a bathroom-related word.
NYT Strands Hints Today
- Hint #1: A circular ornamental headdress worn by a monarch.
- Hint #2: Fall suddenly and clumsily.
NYT Strands Spangram Hint
- Spangram Direction: Horizontal
- Starts With: “JA”
- Hint: A nursery rhyme about two children falling down a hill.
NYT Strands Answers for August 31, 2025
- Spangram: JackAndJill
- Theme Words:
- PAIL
- FETCH
- BROKE
- CROWN
- AFTER
- WATER
- TUMBLING
Difficulty Level
On a scale of 1–5, today’s puzzle rates 2/5. Fairly simple if you spot the nursery rhyme reference early.
Tips to Solve Strands Faster
- Start from the corners of the grid.
- Use hints to unlock your first word.
- Think both literally and figuratively about the theme.
- Focus on the Spangram first, since it usually cracks the puzzle wide open.
Missed Yesterday’s Puzzle?
Check out the [NYT Strands answers for August 30, 2025] to stay up to date.
FAQs
- What is today’s NYT Strands? — Theme is “Up the Hill,” Spangram is JackAndJill.
- How to play old Strands games? — You can revisit them in the NYT Games archive.
⚡ That’s all for today’s NYT Strands puzzle! Stay tuned for tomorrow’s hints and answers.
