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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 October 16, 2024: How Poe-tic.

Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!

Hint for the spangram in todays Strands puzzle

Edgar Allan Poe’s most famous poem.

Hint for the theme words in todays Strands puzzle

Words from the poem named in the spangram.

Completed NYT Strands board for October 16, 2024: How Poe-tic.

BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Strands puzzle!

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

What is the spangram in todays Strands?

Todays spangram is THERAVEN.

What are the theme words in todays Strands?

The theme words today are: NEVERMORE, MIDNIGHT, WAKE, WEARY, DREARY, PONDERED.

I look for the word RAVEN, because theres no way thats not on here.

Yep, its the spangram: THERAVEN.

NEVERMORE is in the upper left.

MIDNIGHT is to the right of that.

WEARY is in the bottom left corner.

WEAK completes the left half.

DREARY is in the upper right.

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.