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NYT Strands puzzle #367, released Wednesday, March 5, 2025, has the theme “Ahoy!” The puzzle is about historic ships: its spangram is HISTORIC SHIPS, and its five other theme answers are ship names. Start with the graduated clues below and stop before the spoiler section if you want to solve it yourself.
Hints for Strands #367
Theme hint
“Ahoy!” points toward famous vessels. Forbes offers the additional nudge “Not for the landlubbers.”
Spangram hint
The spangram clue is “Famous vessels.” It begins at the left edge in the fourth row and ends at the top edge in the fourth column.
First-letter prompts
Forbes gives these first-two-letter prompts in reported board order: MA, HI, BO, BE, TI, VI.
How Strands hints work
Strands uses a six-by-eight letter grid. Connect letters vertically, horizontally or diagonally to form words; a word can change direction as it crosses the grid. Theme words stay highlighted in blue, while the spangram is highlighted in yellow. Theme words fill the board without overlapping.
Finding three valid non-theme words of at least four letters unlocks a hint, which reveals letters belonging to a theme word. Words that earn a hint are not necessarily answers to the puzzle. For this game, reported hint-unlocking words include BOAT, STORE, WOLF, TEAR, TROT and LICE.
Answers for NYT Strands #367
Spoiler warning: The complete answer list and spangram appear below.
The four answer guides consulted agree on this answer set:
- MAYFLOWER
- BOUNTY
- BEAGLE
- TITANIC
- VICTORY
- Spangram: HISTORIC SHIPS
Why these words fit the theme
Each theme answer names a vessel associated with history. The spangram, HISTORIC SHIPS, states the shared category tying the five names together.
How difficult was this puzzle?
TechRadar described the puzzle as moderate and reported using one hint; Forbes reported using two. Those are the individual writers’ experiences, not a measured difficulty score or a poll of players.
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Strands is available on the NYT Games website and in the NYT Games app.
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