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Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Strands answers.

And farther down the page, Ill reveal the spangram and the answers.

NYT Strands board for April 24, 2025: Coarse material.

Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!

Hint for the theme words in todays Strands puzzle

Objects and materials that are coarse and scratchy.

BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Strands puzzle!

Completed NYT Strands board for April 24, 2024: Coarse material.

Were about to give away the answers to todays Strands puzzle.

What is the spangram in todays Strands?

Todays spangram is ROUGHSTUFF.

What are the theme words in todays Strands?

The theme words today are: SACKCLOTH, SANDPAPER, BARK, LOOFAH, PUMICE, ROPE.

I see the word CLOTH in the upper left corner, but thats not a theme word.

BARK, in the upper right corner, is a hit!

Probably a reference to tree BARK?

PAPER is also not a theme word.

Ah, but SANDPAPER is.

I see the spangram now: ROUGHSTUFF.

Apparently CLOTH is part of SACKCLOTH.

It’ssomething similar to burlap, I guess?

LOOFAH is below BARK.

PUMICE is below LOOFAH.

Your job is to find the hidden words within the board that reflect the puzzles theme.

When you find the spangram, it will be highlighted in yellow.

Solving the spangram usually makes the rest of the puzzle much easier to complete.

There is only one correct solution.

How to win Strands

Unlike Connections and Wordle, you cannot fail Strands.

you might’t run out of guesses, and there is no time limit.