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NYT Strands June 5 2025 Answers

Puzzle #459

EDITED BY TRACY BENNETT

Constructed by Tracy Bennett

Today's theme

“Mary, Mary, quite ...”

The board

Hints (no spoilers)

The spangram has  6  letters and starts with  G
There are  6  theme words besides the spangram
SPANGRAM
GARDEN
THEME WORDS
BELLSCOCKLESHELLSCONTRARYMAIDSPRETTYSILVER
Checked against the official NYT Strands solution

How Strands works

Strands is the NYT's daily word-search twist: find the theme words hidden in the 6×8 board — letters connect in any direction and every letter gets used exactly once. The spangram describes the theme and touches two opposite sides of the board. Play free at nytimes.com.