#345Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Strands answers for February 11, 2025 — “Attention all shoppers” (#345)
Spoilers below — this page is the full record for this puzzle
The NYT Strands spangram for February 11, 2025 (puzzle #345) is BIGBOX, a 6-letter answer to the theme "Attention all shoppers". The 7 theme words are BATH, BEAUTY, ELECTRONICS, GARDEN, HOME, KITCHEN and TOYS.
Where is each answer on the February 11 Strands board?
Strands #345 resolves to these 7 theme words plus the spangram BIGBOX.
The table gives the start square, end square and travel direction of all 8 answers. Every position comes from solving the grid outright — the answers have to tile all 48 letters with no overlap and no remainder, which is what makes a single arrangement provable.
| Answer | Letters | Starts | Ends | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATH | 4 | row 2, column 6 | row 3, column 5 | diagonally across the grid |
| BEAUTY | 6 | row 1, column 2 | row 2, column 3 | diagonally across the grid |
| ELECTRONICS | 11 | row 6, column 6 | row 8, column 4 | diagonally across the grid |
| GARDEN | 6 | row 2, column 5 | row 2, column 4 | diagonally across the grid |
| HOME | 4 | row 3, column 4 | row 4, column 1 | right to left |
| KITCHEN | 7 | row 7, column 4 | row 7, column 6 | diagonally across the grid |
| TOYS | 4 | row 7, column 2 | row 6, column 2 | diagonally across the grid |
| BIGBOX | 6 | row 5, column 1 | row 5, column 6 | left to right |
What did the February 11 Strands grid look like?
The grid below is six letters wide and eight rows deep, with every answer traced through the letters it uses.
Spangram — 6 letters7 theme words
Each line traces one answer through the letters it uses; the heavier yellow line is the spangram.
Read across the grid, row 1 reads E-B-E-D-R-A, row 2 reads A-T-Y-N-G-B, row 3 reads U-M-O-H-H-A, row 4 reads E-I-G-B-O-T, row 5 reads B-T-C-E-L-X, row 6 reads R-S-Y-I-T-E, row 7 reads O-T-O-K-C-N, and row 8 reads N-I-C-S-H-E.
How hard was the February 11 Strands puzzle?
The difficulty index rates puzzle #345 as easy: it sits at the 12th percentile of every Strands grid to date.
Easiest puzzle ever published on the left, hardest on the right. The formula behind the score, and the ranked list of every puzzle, are on the Strands difficulty index.
Who made the February 11 Strands puzzle?
Strands puzzle #345 was edited by Tracy Bennett and constructed by Mónico Chávez. Output across the whole run is broken down on who makes NYT Strands.
Common questions about the February 11 Strands puzzle
What was the clue for Strands on February 11, 2025?
The Strands clue for February 11, 2025 is “Attention all shoppers”, on puzzle #345. It is answered by the spangram BIGBOX, and all 7 theme words that day belong to that idea.
What were the Strands words on February 11, 2025?
The 7 Strands theme words for February 11, 2025 are BATH, BEAUTY, ELECTRONICS, GARDEN, HOME, KITCHEN and TOYS, plus the spangram BIGBOX.
What was the big word in the February 11, 2025 Strands?
The big word — the spangram — for February 11, 2025 is BIGBOX, 6 letters long, running from row 5, column 1 to row 5, column 6. It is the one word that touches two opposite sides of the board and states the theme outright.
What did the Strands theme “Attention all shoppers” mean?
The Strands theme “Attention all shoppers” for February 11, 2025 means BIGBOX — that is what the spangram spells, and every one of the 7 theme words is an example of it.
How many theme words are in Strands February 11, 2025?
Strands puzzle #345 has 7 theme words plus one spangram, and together they use all 48 letters on the board exactly once.
How difficult was the February 11, 2025 Strands puzzle?
Strands #345 rates easy on a computed index, harder than 12% of every Strands puzzle published since March 2024.
What number was the Strands puzzle on February 11, 2025?
The Strands puzzle published on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 is #345, counting from the game's launch on March 4, 2024.
Today’s puzzle and its hint ladder are on the front page. This puzzle sits in February 2025, part of the full Strands archive.