Tuesday, September 24, 2024, is NYT Strands game #205. Its theme is “Spacing out.” Start with the graduated hints below; the full spangram and theme-word answers are in a clearly marked spoiler section farther down.
Hints for the September 24 Strands puzzle
Theme and clue words
The theme is “Spacing out.” In Strands, finding four-letter clue words unlocks in-game hints. For this puzzle, those words are TRAM, RAIN, SNORE, BORE, BONE, and CUMIN.
Spangram hint
Need another nudge? The spangram hint is “Time and space.”
How the Strands board works
Strands uses a six-by-eight letter grid. Theme words are highlighted blue, while the spangram is highlighted yellow and connects opposite sides of the board. Forbes quotes the New York Times describing possible themes this way: “Some themes are fill-in-the-blank phrases. They may also be steps in a process, items that all belong to the same category, synonyms or homophones.”
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Spangram
SCIENCEFICTION
TechRadar reports that it starts at the top of the grid in the fourth column and ends at the bottom in the sixth column.
Theme answers
- MARTIAN
- CYBORG
- DROID
- MUTANT
- ROBOT
- ALIEN
The set brings together science-fiction figures and beings: MARTIAN and ALIEN point to extraterrestrial life; CYBORG, DROID, and ROBOT relate to human-machine or machine concepts; and MUTANT completes the group.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Why the date includes a year
This is the Tuesday, September 24, 2024 puzzle, game #205. The year matters because September 24, 2025 fell on a Wednesday, so the date without a year could refer to a different daily puzzle.
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