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NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #340 (Thursday, February 6 2025)

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Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "I'm a person of my word" — requires a little lateral thinking to decode.

Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #340, as well as the answers, should it come to that. We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #340, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #340.

Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints

The official theme for NYT Strands #340 is... "I'm a person of my word".

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Christening from the dictionary".

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:

  • FEARS
  • WISE
  • CLUES
  • MILL
  • CANE
  • WADE
  • FAKER

Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with F and ends with S.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's FIRSTNAMES.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #340?

Drumroll, please...

  • CHUCK
  • ROBIN
  • MILES
  • WILL
  • JIMMY
  • CHASE
  • DREW
  • FRANK
(Image credit: Alan Martin)

...and the spangram was FIRSTNAMES.

Strands #340

“I'm a person of my word”

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Hi Strands fans. A nice and easy one today, once you get past the brainteaser of a theme: "I'm a person of my word."

I didn't need to use any clues, as I found CHUCK spelt backwards towards the top-left hand corner. In one move, that revealed the meaning of the clue: names that are also words that can be found in the dictionary.

That didn't make it easy, by any means, and it took me a while to find the next one: ROBIN, tucked into the bottom-left corner. After that, the floodgates opened, and I found both MILES and WILL above it to complete the left-hand side of the board.

It also meant I could get the spangram, which rested against the words I'd already found: FIRSTNAMES spelt backwards from the bottom of the board to the top.

Four words were left to find on the right side. I picked up JIMMY in the bottom-right corner first, followed by CHASE above it. That just left FRANK and DREW to connect in the top-right corner to complete the puzzle.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #339 right here.

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