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NYT Strands puzzle #739, dated Thursday, March 12, 2026, has the theme “Out-and-out.” Start with the hints below if you want to solve it yourself; the full spangram and theme-word answers appear after a spoiler warning.
Hints for Strands #739
- Theme clue: “Out-and-out.”
- Gentle hint: Look for words meaning complete, absolute, or full-on.
- Spangram structure: It has 13 letters, comprises four words, starts with D, and ends with L.
PC Guide also lists DIET, WHET, COMPEL, TEMPLE, LOVER, and TAINT as examples of non-theme words that can help build progress toward an in-game hint. These are guide-reported examples, not an official NYT list. The guide says three non-theme words earn a hint revealing letters of a theme word.
How Strands works
Strands is a themed word-search game played on a 6×8 grid of 48 letters. Connect adjacent letters in any direction to form words. The spangram names the theme and connects opposite sides of the grid; the independent game-format description says every letter is used once in a completed puzzle.
Spoiler warning: March 12 answers
The answers below reveal the full puzzle solution.
Spangram
DYEDINTHEWOOL
PC Guide reports that the spangram runs from the first column/first row to the fourth column/last row.
Theme words
- COMPLETE
- THOROUGH
- TOTAL
- UTTER
- VERITABLE
Answer check
The March 12, 2026 puzzle is #739. PC Guide’s date-specific guide and an independent answer archive agree on the theme and solution list. The sources cited here are not the official NYT puzzle page, so the answers are presented as guide- and archive-confirmed rather than directly verified against NYT.
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