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NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, September 26 (game #572)

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Johnny Dee

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Marc McLaren

25 September 2025

My clues will help you solve the NYT’s Strands today and keep that streak going

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Hint #1: Today’s theme

Hint #2: Clue words

Hint #3: Spangram letters

Hint #4: Spangram position

Today’s answers

Yesterday’s answers

Looking for a different day?

A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, September 25 (game #571).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.

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NYT Strands today (game #572) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… As old as time
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Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

NYT Strands today (game #572) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 16 letters
NYT Strands today (game #572) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 2nd column
Last side: bottom, 3rd column
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NYT Strands today (game #572) – the answers

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The answers to today’s Strands, game #572, are…

SPANGRAM: GRANDFATHERCLOCK

My rating: Hard
My score: 1 hint

I’m sure there were plenty of people playing today’s game who had no idea what a GRANDFATHER CLOCK is and even those among us who did what words we could be searching for.

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As someone ridiculously troubled by ticking sounds I’ve never had one or, thankfully, stayed in a house containing one – but I did know that a PENDULUM is a key component. After getting that, however, I was lost so took a hint.
Today’s extra-long spangram is the second 16-letter long beast we’ve had this month following OPPOSITESATTRACT – but still one letter behind the all time leader, BATTERIESREQUIRED from July.

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SPANGRAM: HEAVENSENT

What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.

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Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs’ eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna’s addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.
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