NYT Strands game #383, from Friday, March 21, 2025, is themed around food made with eggplant. If you want a final nudge before the reveal, look for dishes associated with aubergine; the full spangram and answer list are below.
Hints for Strands game #383
- Theme clue: “Ode to the aubergine.” Aubergine is another name for eggplant.
- First-letter clues: The five entries begin PA, RA, MO, ST, and EG.
- Placement clue: The first answer is in the top half of the board. The spangram runs vertically from the top edge to the bottom edge.
How the Strands hints and spangram work
Parade’s guide attributes these rules to The New York Times gameplay instructions. Find theme words to fill the board; drag letters or tap them to form a word, then double-tap the last letter to submit a word made by tapping. Theme words are highlighted blue and do not overlap.
The spangram describes the theme, touches two opposite sides of the board, and may consist of two words. It is highlighted yellow. Finding three non-theme words earns an in-game hint that reveals the letters in a theme word; if a hint is already active, another hint shows the order of those letters.
Full answers for Friday, March 21, 2025
Theme: “Ode to the aubergine.”
Spangram: EGGPLANT DISH. It has 12 letters, enters at the top in column four, and exits at the bottom in column three.
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Other theme answers:
- STUFFED
- MOUSSAKA
- PARMIGIANA
- RATATOUILLE
TechRadar and Parade spell the answer MOUSSAKA; a third guide uses “Mousaka.”
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