#375Thursday, March 13, 2025
Strands answers for March 13, 2025 — “What goes around comes around” (#375)
Spoilers below — this page is the full record for this puzzle
The NYT Strands spangram for March 13, 2025 (puzzle #375) is NICECOMEBACK, a 12-letter answer to the theme "What goes around comes around". The 5 theme words are BOOMERANG, BOUNCE, REBOUND, RETURN and RICOCHET.
Where is each answer on the March 13 Strands board?
The 5 theme words for Strands on March 13, 2025 are listed below, followed by the spangram.
The table gives the start square, end square and travel direction of all 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOMERANG | 9 | row 4, column 2 | row 5, column 5 | left to right |
| BOUNCE | 6 | row 3, column 6 | row 1, column 4 | diagonally across the grid |
| REBOUND | 7 | row 2, column 1 | row 2, column 3 | diagonally across the grid |
| RETURN | 6 | row 8, column 6 | row 8, column 5 | diagonally across the grid |
| RICOCHET | 8 | row 4, column 5 | row 6, column 3 | diagonally across the grid |
| NICECOMEBACK | 12 | row 1, column 3 | row 6, column 1 | diagonally across the grid |
What did the March 13 Strands grid look like?
The Strands board for March 13, 2025 is a six-column, eight-row grid of 48 letters.
Spangram — 12 letters5 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-N-E-C-N, row 2 reads R-O-D-I-U-O, row 3 reads U-N-C-O-C-B, row 4 reads O-B-H-C-R-E, row 5 reads O-M-E-I-G-C, row 6 reads K-E-T-N-O-T, row 7 reads C-R-A-M-U-E, and row 8 reads A-B-E-R-N-R.
How hard was the March 13 Strands puzzle?
On the same measure applied to every puzzle since 2024, Strands #375 comes out average, ahead of 54% of them.
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 March 13 Strands puzzle?
Strands puzzle #375 was edited by Tracy Bennett and constructed by Katherine Oung. Output across the whole run is broken down on who makes NYT Strands.
Common questions about the March 13 Strands puzzle
What was the clue for Strands on March 13, 2025?
The Strands clue for March 13, 2025 is “What goes around comes around”, on puzzle #375. It is answered by the spangram NICECOMEBACK, and all 5 theme words that day belong to that idea.
What were the Strands words on March 13, 2025?
The 5 Strands theme words for March 13, 2025 are BOOMERANG, BOUNCE, REBOUND, RETURN and RICOCHET, plus the spangram NICECOMEBACK.
What was the big word in the March 13, 2025 Strands?
The big word — the spangram — for March 13, 2025 is NICECOMEBACK, 12 letters long, running from row 1, column 3 to row 6, column 1. It is the one word that touches two opposite sides of the board and states the theme outright.
What did the Strands theme “What goes around comes around” mean?
The Strands theme “What goes around comes around” for March 13, 2025 means NICECOMEBACK — that is what the spangram spells, and every one of the 5 theme words is an example of it.
How many theme words are in Strands March 13, 2025?
Strands puzzle #375 has 5 theme words plus one spangram, and together they use all 48 letters on the board exactly once.
How difficult was the March 13, 2025 Strands puzzle?
Strands #375 rates average on a computed index, harder than 54% of every Strands puzzle published since March 2024.
What number was the Strands puzzle on March 13, 2025?
The Strands puzzle published on Thursday, March 13, 2025 is #375, 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 March 2025, part of the full Strands archive.