Looking for the answers and hints for the Strands puzzle from September 14, 2025? You’ve come to the right place! Every day, we archive the solutions to help you check your work or get that final clue you need. Below you will find all the answers for yesterday’s Strands challenge.
Strands Hints for September 14, 2025
Here are all the official hints to guide you toward the solution.
- This puzzle encourages you to take your time, embracing a pace that's anything but rapid—a tortoise might be your mascot for today.
- Whether you're on vacation or simply taking a break, hint at a word for when your pace aligns with carefree enjoyment, free from the rush of your daily grind.
- Feeling calm and composed? There's a term for this state of tranquility, often found in a beach chair or hammock, that we're looking for here.
- Imagine a metronome—a device musicians use. We're thinking of a word that describes its consistent and unvarying tempo, about as predictable as the tick-tock of a clock.
- Looking for a synonym for "lethargic" that could also describe the movement of a sloth? It's a fantastic fit for the "not in a hurry" theme we're unwrapping here.
- Bonus hint for the spangram: Our words of the day signal no urgency—combine this with a well-known phrase that encourages someone to reduce their speed, and you've hit the jackpot.
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Strands Answer for September 14, 2025
Here is the final, official answer for the Strands puzzle that was released on September 14, 2025.
NYT Spelling Bee Answers: Hurry up!
Today's New York Times Spelling Bee has a playful theme focused on speed—or rather, the lack thereof. Each of the answers connects to the central idea of taking one's time or moving at a pace that is anything but hasty. The curated words for today paint a vivid picture of leisure and measured motion.
- SLOW: This word is perhaps the most direct antonym to "hurry up." Something that is slow takes a considerable amount of time or moves at a pace that is not quick.
- LEISURELY: Leisurely indicates an unhurried and relaxed manner. When a person or activity is leisurely, it suggests a comfortable pace without any rush.
- RELAXED: Relaxed is a term that denotes a state of restfulness and ease. In the context of speed, a relaxed pace would imply no sense of urgency or stress to move faster.
- STEADY: Steady refers to a consistent pace that is controlled and unvarying. It does not necessarily mean slow, but in contrast to the command "hurry up," steady indicates maintaining one's pace without acceleration.
- SLUGGISH: Sluggish is used to describe movement or responses that are slow and lack energy or efficiency. It suggests a reduced pace that is less vigorous than desired or expected.
- POKEY: Pokey is an informal term that means moving or working at a slow pace. It implies tardiness and a lack of quick progress.
In addition to these words that evoke images of a leisure and calm, we have a spanagram today that fits perfectly with the theme: NOTSOFAST. Aside from being a charming phrase that literally instructs someone to reduce their speed, as a spanagram, it cleverly incorporates all the letters used in today's Spelling Bee puzzles. "NOTSOFAST" underscores the theme by implying that one should take a moment to slow down, a delightful twist to the commonly heard exclamation "Hurry up!"
Altogether, these words and the spanagram remind us of the virtues of patience, steadiness, and the joy found in taking one's time, providing a stark contrast to our often fast-paced and hurried lives.
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