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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 September 5, 2024: Going underground.

Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!

BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Strands puzzle!

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

Completed NYT Strands board for September 5, 2024: Going underground.

What is the spangram in todays Strands?

Todays spangram is ROOTVEGETABLES.

What are the theme words in todays Strands?

The theme words today are: JICAMA, RUTABAGA, TURNIP, BEET, TARO, POTATO.

I find the word POTATO in the bottom left corner, and thats a hit.

Im thinking it might be vegetables that grow underground!

I find the word VEGETABLE and VEGETABLES skirting the edge of POTATO, but theyre non-theme words.

Almost certainly part of the spangram.

PRUNE is a non-theme word.

Oh, the spangram is ROOTVEGETABLES.

TURNIP sits in the center of the puzzle.

JICAMAs in the upper left.

RUTABAGA winds its way up into the upper right.

BEETs to the right of RUTABAGA.

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’re free to’t run out of guesses, and there is no time limit.