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The September 16, 2024 NYT Strands puzzle is game #197. Its clue is “What a stud!” The spangram is PIERCING, and the theme answers are body locations associated with piercings. Use the spoiler-light hints below before revealing the full list.
Hints for NYT Strands on September 16, 2024
Try these in order, stopping whenever you have enough to solve the board.
- Theme clue: “What a stud!”
- Broader hint: Think of places on the body that can be pierced.
- Spangram hint: It begins at the left edge on row four and ends at the right edge on row five.
- Optional in-game hint: Find three non-theme words to trigger a hint. TechRadar lists LONE, BORN, SCAR, SCAN, PING and MEET as playable clue words for this board. TechRadar’s game #197 guide
Answers and spangram
Spangram: PIERCING
Theme words: CHEEK, NOSE, EARLOBE, EYEBROW, SEPTUM, NAVEL and TONGUE.
There are seven words total: six regular theme answers and the spangram, according to Try Hard Guides’ September 16 answer guide. The theme words name body locations associated with piercings; PIERCING is the word that spans the board and captures the category. The answer set is also recorded by Xfire’s puzzle archive.
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How Strands works
NYT Strands is a themed word search playable through NYT Games on desktop or mobile. Connect adjacent letters in any direction without reusing a letter or crossing a path. The spangram describes the theme and runs from one edge of the board to the opposite edge. Finding three non-theme words earns an in-game hint, as described in Try Hard Guides’ how-to section. The official game is available at NYT Games.
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