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NYT Strands puzzle #583 for Tuesday, October 7, 2025, has the theme “Unusual companions.” Its spangram is EXOTIC PET, and the six theme answers are AXOLOTL, CHINCHILLA, GECKO, PARROT, PYTHON, and SKUNK. Hints and the full solution follow.
Hints for Strands #583
- Theme: Unusual companions.
- Gentle nudge: Look for longer animal names that are not typical household pets.
- Spangram length: Nine letters, ignoring the space.
- Spangram route: Its path touches the bottom edge at the third column and the top edge at the fifth column.
One date-specific guide reports that the in-game hint clues were CHIN, CHILL, TOUSE, PATE, COLON, and PATH. These are clue words that trigger hints, not the final theme answers.
Today’s Strands answers
The six theme words are:
- AXOLOTL
- CHINCHILLA
- GECKO
- PARROT
- PYTHON
- SKUNK
Today’s spangram
EXOTIC PET (nine letters without the space) is the spangram. It names the puzzle’s theme and crosses the board from one edge to the opposite edge.
How the puzzle works
Strands is a themed word-search game played on a six-by-eight grid. Words can bend in different directions, while the spangram identifies the theme and spans two opposite edges. Players can earn an in-game hint by finding three words unrelated to the theme.
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Why some guides show October 6
This is the Tuesday, October 7, 2025 puzzle, numbered #583. TechRadar’s guide carries a publication date of October 6, 2025; it notes that the daily puzzle appears at midnight in each player’s time zone. A guide’s publication date may therefore differ from the puzzle’s date.
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