NYT Strands Answer Today (#567) – 21 Sep 2025 Solution & Hints

Stuck on today’s Strands? Below you’ll find today’s theme, spoiler-light Spangram clues
(length, orientation, first/last letters), grid words that charge hints, first/last letters
for all theme words (length-obscured), definitions, and the full solution.

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About Today’s Strands

Puzzle #567 (published September 21, 2025). One special word — the Spangram —
spans the grid and ties the theme together.

Today’s Theme

Theme: Stand by me

General Hints

All answers relate to helping, shoring up, or making stronger.
Several are action verbs; one long word captures unity.
Spotting the Spangram makes the rest click quickly.

Spangram Length

The Spangram has 10 letters and is one word.

Spangram Orientation

The Spangram runs horizontally across the grid.

Spangram First & Last Letters

Begins with S and ends with Y.
Pattern preview (length-obscured): S___Y

Note: We always display first/last letters as X___Y with three underscores, regardless of true length.

Hint Unlocker Words (from the grid)

PORT
FAIR
SPORTY
SPORT
SPOT
SLID
SOLID
SODA
LIFT
STORMS
STORM
STORE
BOAT
BLOOD
DART
BOOL
TOOL
STRIP
FATE
THEN
FLIRTY

First & Last Letters of All Words

WORD 1: B___R
WORD 2: C___T
WORD 3: S___N
WORD 4: F___Y
WORD 5: S___T

Spangram preview: S___Y

Spangram

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SOLIDARITY

Spangram Definition

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SOLIDARITY — unity or mutual support within a group.

Example: “Neighbors showed solidarity by organizing meal trains for affected families.”

Sample Words

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BLOSTER
SUPPORT

Full Solution

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Theme: Stand by me

Spangram: SOLIDARITY

All words:

BOLSTER
COMFORT
FORTIFY
STRENGTHEN
SUPPORT
SOLIDARITY (Spangram)

Definitions of All Words

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SOLIDARITY — unity among individuals with a common interest; mutual support.
BOLSTER — to strengthen or prop up; to give support to.
COMFORT — to soothe, reassure, or ease distress.
FORTIFY — to make stronger, especially against attack or difficulty.
STRENGTHEN — to make or become stronger.
SUPPORT — to hold up, bear the weight of, or provide help/encouragement.

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