NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #383 (Friday, March 21 2025)

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Need help with Strands #383? Here are some hints and the answers

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Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "Ode to the aubergine" — isn't so much a hint as stating the topic outright, but that doesn't mean it'll be easy getting all of the answers.

Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #383, as well as the answers, should it come to that. We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #383, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #383.

Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints

The official theme for NYT Strands #383 is... "Ode to the aubergine".

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Open the recipe book".

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:

  • STADIA
  • DEFUSES
  • PLAIT
  • RIPE
  • GLINT
  • PLAIN
  • TOIL

Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with E and ends with H.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's EGGPLANTDISH.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #383?

Drumroll, please...

  • PARMIGIANA
  • RATATOUILLE
  • MOUSSAKA
  • STUFFED

Strands #383

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...and the spangram was EGGPLANTDISH.

Strands #383

“Ode to the aubergine”

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Hi Strands fans. While yesterday's puzzle left me completely clueless, today I was on much firmer ground. I love aubergine dishes and two of the four here are among my all-time favorites.

The theme - "Ode to the aubergine" - didn't leave much room for ambiguity, and the biggest problem I had was spelling the answers correctly!

I found PARMIGIANA in the top-left corner, and then RATATOUILLE on the opposite side. I then saw MOUSSAKA in the bottom-right corner, followed by STUFFED on the left-hand side.

That just left the spangram to get, which was easy enough: EGGPLANTDISH, spelt from the top to the bottom of the board.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #382 right here.

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