New York Times Strands Hints and Answers for October 1, 2024

Springs has a brand new puzzle to ponder, full of theme words that are as mysterious as the theme itself. If you're looking for help with this difficult puzzle, you're in luck; here you will find all kinds of useful advice.




The article below has everything from general puzzles to spoilers for this innovative puzzle game. There's even a full spoiler section for today's puzzle, and one explaining how the hint and theme make sense together.

The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #212 October 1, 2024

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The Springs today's puzzle has a key Channel browsing. You'll find six items, including a Spangram and five theme words.

New York Times Game Clues

If you know how to play Springsyou already know that the in-game hint system will give away full words. If you don't want that, but are instead looking for some spoiler-free help to bring you closer to the topic, you'll find three in the sections below.

General advice 1


General Council 2

General advice 3

Spoilers for two words in today's threads

Each of the two sections below has one corrupted word inside. Open them to see a spoiler and a screenshot of where the word is inside the puzzle grid of this free mobile puzzle game.

Spoiler 1


Spoiler 2

Answer to today's New York Times game topics

The full response to the New York Times GamesSprings is in the section below. If you open it, you'll see all the theme words and a completed puzzle that shows where all those words go in the grid.

Explanation of today's springs

Today's puzzle doesn't make much sense to you even though it's done? Check out the section below for a full explanation of this challenging puzzle game.


Do you want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Strands website, accessible on almost any device with a browser.

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