Strandshas a fun theme for its puzzle today. If you are looking to find some help with this one, not with therules ofStrandsbut the puzzle itself, you can find a whole bunch of things to help you below.
This article is filled with the brim with general hints, spoilers, and more. You can even find the whole answer to today’s puzzle if you want to see it; it will be near the bottom of this article.
The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #284 Jun 26, 2025
TheStrandspuzzle for today has the clueShape and Bake. There are eight things to find, including the one Spangram and seven themed words.
New York Times Games Strands Clues
This section contains three general clues for thisminimalist puzzle game. If you want help but don’t want to use the in-game hint system, these are a good, spoiler-free substitute for it.
Hint 1: What is a shaped baked good?
Hint 2: Confection party!
General Hint 3
Hint 3: Roll out the sugary dough and use shaped molds to cut them before baking. What are the shapes?
Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands
If you actually want some spoilers, but you don’t want to save up non-themed words for in-game hints, check out the sections below. Each one has an answer from thismind-boggling puzzle game.
Word 2: Angel
The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands
In the section below, you may find the full answer to thisNew York Times GamesStrandspuzzle. Open it up to see all the themed words and a screenshot of a completed puzzle.
The category for today isCookieCutter. The words are Bunny, Diamond, Heart, Angel, Flower, Star, and Bell.
Today’s Strands Explained
If you have completed this puzzle but don’t get it, check out the section below. Inside it, you can find a breakdown of how the theme and the clue go together.
The theme for this puzzle isCookie Cutterbecause each of the themed words are common shapes of cookie cutters. The clue,Shape and Bake,goes with this because when you are rolling out dough to cut it, you are shaping the cookies to get them ready to bake up in the oven.
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