NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, October 31, 2024 (game #242)

NYT Strands game #242 is the Halloween costume puzzle from Thursday, October 31, 2024. Its spangram is COSTUME, and the theme words are GHOST, MUMMY, WITCH, CLOWN, PUMPKIN, PRINCESS, and PIRATE.

Hints for Strands #242

The puzzle’s theme is Halloween costumes. The theme clue is “Trick or treat!”—a prompt for the kinds of characters and disguises associated with Halloween.

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Answers for Thursday, October 31, 2024

• GHOST
• MUMMY
• WITCH
• CLOWN
• PUMPKIN
• PRINCESS
• PIRATE

Spangram

The spangram is COSTUME. It connects the costume theme across the board.

Why the date says “today”

This is an archive solution for Thursday, October 31, 2024, not a live answer for October 8, 2026. The puzzle is identified as game #242; the following day’s puzzle, #243, was dated Friday, November 1, 2024. TechRadar’s November 1, 2024 archive entry labels the previous puzzle as October 31, #242, and lists its answers and spangram.

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