Looking for the most recent Strands answer?Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections and Connections: Sports Edition puzzles.Today's NYTStrandspuzzle might be tricky. I'd guessed a bunch of the answers before I saw the connection, and the theme didn't help that much either. If you need hints and answers, form your alliance and read on.I go into depth about therules for Strands in this story.If you're looking for today's Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword answers, you can visitCNET's NYT puzzle hints page.Read more:NYT Connections Turns 1: These Are the 5 Toughest Puzzles So FarHint for today's Strands puzzle Upgrade your inbox Get cnet insider From talking fridges to iPhones, our experts are here to help make the world a little less complicated. Today's Strands theme is:Living large.If that doesn't help you, here's a clue: Not small.Clue words to unlock in-game hintsYour goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle's theme. If you're stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints, but any words of four or more letters that you find will work:PUTTER, PUTT, NETS, RISE, SPUTTER, PETS, CUFF, GALE, REGAL, FEDS, SHUT, SHUTTER, GUST, TUGS, PENT, LEAGUE, GUTTER, REAR, CRIED, STEP, STEPS.Answers for today's Strands puzzleThese are the answers that tie into the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you've got all of them (I originally thought there were always eight but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:BIRD, FOOT, BREAK, CHEESE, LEAGUES, PICTURE, SPENDER.Today's Strands spangramToday's Strands spangram is BIGSTUFF. To find it, start with the B that's four letters over to the right on the bottom row and wind up. The completed NYT Strands puzzle for Feb. 27, 2025, #361. NYT/Screenshot by CNETToughest Strands puzzlesHere are some of the Strands topics I've found to be the toughest in recent weeks.#1: Dated slang, Jan. 21. Maybe you didn't even use this lingo when it was cool. Toughest word: PHAT.#2: Thar she blows! Jan.15. I guess marine biologists might ace this one. Toughest word: BALEEN or RIGHT.#3: Off the hook, Jan. 9. Similar to the Jan. 15 puzzle in that it helps to know a lot about sea creatures. Sorry, Charlie. Toughest word: BIGEYE or SKIPJACK