The March 24, 2025, NYT Strands puzzle was game #386. Its theme was “Yes, Queen …”; the spangram was ROCKBAND, and the seven theme words were BLONDIE, EAGLES, GENESIS, HEART, JOURNEY, KISS, and RUSH.
Hints for the March 24 Strands puzzle
The theme points to bands from the 1960s and 1970s. If you want to find the spangram before seeing the answers, it runs horizontally from the right side of the board to the left. TechRadar places its endpoints on the fourth row at the right and the sixth row at the left.
March 24, 2025 Strands answers
Spoilers below: The solution for game #386 is:
- Spangram: ROCKBAND
- Theme words: BLONDIE, EAGLES, GENESIS, HEART, JOURNEY, KISS, RUSH
What the Strands spangram does
Strands is a word-search-style puzzle played on a letter grid. The spangram describes the theme and reaches two opposite sides of the board. Parade’s guide says that finding three non-theme words earns a hint, which reveals letters from a theme word.
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