For NYT Strands game #593 on Friday, October 17, 2025, the theme is “Gait keeping.” Start with a clue before scrolling to the full answers: think of “gait” as a way of walking, not “gate.”
Hints for today’s Strands
Theme hint
“Gait keeping” points to ways of moving on foot. A second nudge: the theme also evokes Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks.
Stronger clue
The six theme words begin with CA, GA, PR, CA, SC, and TR. The 10-letter spangram describes the theme.
Spoiler break: today’s answers
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SILLYWALKS
TechRadar reports that the spangram touches the top edge at column three and the bottom edge at column four.
Theme words
- CAPER
- CAVORT
- GALUMPH
- PRANCE
- SCUTTLE
- TRAIPSE
How Strands hints work
Strands asks players to find theme words that fill the board. The spangram describes the theme and touches two opposite sides. According to the New York Times instructions cited by Parade, finding three non-theme words earns an in-game hint that reveals letters of a theme word. TechRadar says Strands is playable on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
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