Today's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Feb. 6, #340

Gael Cooper

Updated Thu, February 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM UTC

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New York Times Strands word game on a phone — Need help with Strands? We've got you.

Strands is a word puzzle game where players find hidden words related to a specific theme by uncovering clues within the puzzle.
The goal of the Strands puzzle is to discover all the theme-related words, including a spangram that spans the entire puzzle board, using the clues provided.
Players can use strategies like tweaking found words, looking for related words once a theme word is discovered, and guessing additional clue words to reveal the hidden theme word in the Strands puzzle.

Looking for the most recentStrands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints , as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Connections puzzles.

Todays NYT Strands puzzle is a fun one. My name could fit into the puzzle, if you spelled it GALE. If you need hints and answers, read on.

Also, I go into depth about the rules for Strands in this story .

If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visit CNET's NYT puzzle hints page .

Hint for today's Strands puzzle

Today's Strands theme is: I'm a person of my word.

If that doesn't help you, here's a clue: Your name has meaning.

Clue words to unlock in-game hints

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle's theme. If you're stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints, but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:

NILL, RILL, SILL, DRAM, SILLS, MILL, WILLS, CLUE, CLUES, RANK, RILLS, NILLS, HUCK, WERE, WANE, BRILL, CANE, CANES, LANE, LANES, MILE, MANE, MANES.

Answers for today's Strands puzzle

These are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you've got all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:

DREW, WILL, CHASE, CHUCK, FRANK, JIMMY, MILES, ROBIN

Today's Strands spangram

Today's Strands spangram is FIRSTNAMES. To find it, start with the F that's three letters to the right on the bottom row, and wind up.

The completed NYT Strands puzzle for Feb. 6, 2025, #340.

Quick tips for Strands

#1: To get more clue words, see if you can tweak the words you've already found, by adding an "S" or other variants. And if you find a word like WILL, see if other letters are close enough to help you make SILL, or BILL.

#2: Once you get one theme word, look at the puzzle to see if you can spot other related words.

#3: If you've been given the letters for a theme word, but can't figure it out, guess three more clue words, and the puzzle will light up each letter in order, revealing the word.