Today's NYT Strands hints and answers.New York TimesLooking for Sundays Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here:Hey, folks! Todays NYT Strands hints, spangram and answers for Monday, March 24 are coming right up.How To Play StrandsThe New York Times Strands puzzle is a play on the classic word search. Its available on the NYT Games app alongside the likes of Wordle and Connections (which we also cover in daily guides at Forbes Gaming).Theres a new game of Strands to play every day. The game will present you with a six by eight grid of letters. The aim is to find a group of words that have something in common, and youll get a clue as to what that theme is. When you find a theme word, it will remain highlighted in blue.Youll also need to find a special word called a spangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The spangram links at least two sides of the board, but it may not start or end there. While the theme words will not be a proper name, the spangram can be a proper name. When you find the spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.Play Puzzles & Games on ForbesEvery letter is used once in one of the theme words and spangram. You can connect letters vertically, horizontally and diagonally, and its possible to switch directions in the middle of a word. If youre playing on a touchscreen, double tap the last letter to submit your guess.If you find three valid words of at least four letters that are not part of the theme, youll unlock the Hint button. Clicking this will highlight the letters that make up one of the theme words.Be warned: Youll need to be on your toes. Sometimes youll need to fill the missing word(s) in a phrase. On other days, the game may revolve around synonyms or homophones. The difficulty will vary from day to day, and the puzzle creators will try to surprise you sometimes.What Is Todays Strands Hint?Scroll slowly! Just after the hint for todays Strands puzzle, Ill reveal what the answer words are.The official theme hint for todays Strand puzzle is...Yes, QueenNeed some extra help? Heres another hint...You mind find these rolling some of the timeThere are eight theme words to find today, including the spangram.What Are Todays NYT Strands Hints?Spoiler alert! Dont scroll any further down the page until youre ready to find out todays Strands hints.Here are the first two letters of every theme word in todays puzzle. Theyre ordered from left to right, then top to bottom by any letter of the word appearing for the first time:BLHEGEKIJOROEARUWhat Are Todays NYT Strands Answers?Before I reveal the other the full word list, Ill first tell you the spangram and show you where that is on the grid.This is your final spoiler warning!Todays Strands spangram is...ROCK BANDHeres where youll find it on the grid...New York Times Strands screenshot, showing the highlighted term ROCK BANDNew York TimesTodays Strands theme words are...BLONDIEHEARTGENESISKISSJOURNEYROCK BANDEAGLESRUSHHeres what the completed grid looks like...Completed NYT Strands grid for March 24, including the words BLONDIE, HEART, GENESIS, KISS, JOURNEY, ... More ROCK BAND, EAGLES and RUSH.New York TimesWell, this was embarrassing. I wasn't really sure where to go here and "noble" on the left wasn't a theme word. A hint gave me KISS, which didn't really help much. Nor did hints for HEART or RUSH. I figured this must be some cultural reference I wasn't aware of.Hints for EAGLES didn't shed any more light. And then, finally, BLONDIE made things click and I got the spangram after that. GENESIS and JOURNEY wrapped things up.Im a big fan of Queen, so Im mad that the original theme hint didn't click.I used an astonishing five hints and the spangram was the sixth theme word I found.See you tomorrow for more Strands fun!Please follow my blog for more coverage of Strands, Connections and other word games as well as video game news, insights and analysis. It helps me out a lot! If you want to chat about Strands, Connections and other stuff with like-minded folks, join my Discord server! Also, follow me on Bluesky! Its fun there.