Breaking: The solution to today’s New York Times Strands puzzle, #546, published on 2025/08/31, has been revealed.Players seeking assistance with the daily word game can find hints and the complete spangram below.
Strands, launched in May 2024, has quickly become a popular addition to The New York Times Games suite, alongside wordle and Connections. The puzzle challenges players to identify hidden words within a grid of letters, culminating in the discovery of a “spangram”-a word that uses all the letters in the grid. Daily puzzles offer a fresh mental exercise for a broad audience, from casual gamers to dedicated word enthusiasts.
The completed puzzle for August 31, 2025, features the spangram Jackandjill. Players can locate the starting “J” seven letters down in the far-right column and trace a winding path to uncover the complete word.
The NYT credits the puzzle screenshot to CNET.
