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Random freezes, missing sound and display glitches usually trace back to one bad driver. Find and replace yours safely.Free scan · under a minuteNYT Strands game #393, dated Monday, March 31, 2025, has a horse-color theme. The clue is “That’s an equine of a different shade!” Start with the hints below if you want to solve it yourself; the full answer list and spangram are farther down.
Hints for Strands #393
- Theme clue: “That’s an equine of a different shade!”
- Think about: Names for horse colors and coat patterns, not horse breeds.
- Spangram: It is two words and has 14 letters when the space is removed. TechRadar reports that it begins at the top edge in column five and ends at the bottom edge in column two.
- In-game hint words: LOSS, LOSE, LION, RUNS, BUSH, HOOK.
Strands uses a six-by-eight letter grid. The cited guides describe its theme words as paths through adjacent letters, including diagonal moves, without reusing letters. Find three valid non-theme words of at least four letters to unlock a hint that reveals letters in a theme answer. The spangram connects the theme answers and spans opposite sides of the board.
Full answers and spangram
Spoilers below. Stop here if you still want to solve the board.
Theme answers
- BUCKSKIN
- CHESTNUT
- DAPPLE
- PALOMINO
- ROAN
Spangram
HORSE COLORINGS (HORSECOLORINGS on the grid, with spaces omitted). The words are horse coat-color terms and patterns, rather than breeds.
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You can find the game at the official NYT Strands page. The answer set above is independently consistent across the date-specific guides from TechRadar, Try Hard Guides, and Forbes.
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