#391Saturday, March 29, 2025
Strands answers for March 29, 2025 — “Power plants” (#391)
Spoilers below — this page is the full record for this puzzle
The NYT Strands spangram for March 29, 2025 (puzzle #391) is VEGANPROTEINS, a 13-letter answer to the theme "Power plants". The 7 theme words are BEANS, NUTS, SEEDS, SEITAN, TEMPEH, TOFU and YEAST.
Where is each answer on the March 29 Strands board?
Here are all 7 theme words from the March 29, 2025 Strands puzzle, with the spangram last.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEANS | 5 | row 4, column 6 | row 6, column 6 | diagonally across the grid |
| NUTS | 4 | row 3, column 5 | row 3, column 4 | diagonally across the grid |
| SEEDS | 5 | row 1, column 6 | row 2, column 6 | diagonally across the grid |
| SEITAN | 6 | row 5, column 2 | row 6, column 1 | diagonally across the grid |
| TEMPEH | 6 | row 2, column 2 | row 3, column 2 | diagonally across the grid |
| TOFU | 4 | row 7, column 5 | row 8, column 6 | diagonally across the grid |
| YEAST | 5 | row 8, column 3 | row 7, column 1 | diagonally across the grid |
| VEGANPROTEINS | 13 | row 1, column 3 | row 8, column 4 | top to bottom |
What did the March 29 Strands grid look like?
Every letter below appears in exactly one answer — the 8 words tile all 48 cells of the March 29, 2025 grid.
Spangram — 13 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 M-E-V-E-E-S, row 2 reads P-T-A-G-E-S, row 3 reads E-H-N-S-N-D, row 4 reads I-E-P-T-U-B, row 5 reads T-S-R-O-E-A, row 6 reads N-A-E-T-N-S, row 7 reads T-A-I-N-T-O, and row 8 reads S-E-Y-S-F-U.
How hard was the March 29 Strands puzzle?
Measured against the full archive, the March 29, 2025 puzzle lands in the average range — above 46% of all Strands puzzles.
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 29 Strands puzzle?
Strands puzzle #391 was edited by Tracy Bennett and constructed by Sam Corbin. Output across the whole run is broken down on who makes NYT Strands.
Common questions about the March 29 Strands puzzle
What was the clue for Strands on March 29, 2025?
The Strands clue for March 29, 2025 is “Power plants”, on puzzle #391. It is answered by the spangram VEGANPROTEINS, and all 7 theme words that day belong to that idea.
What were the Strands words on March 29, 2025?
The 7 Strands theme words for March 29, 2025 are BEANS, NUTS, SEEDS, SEITAN, TEMPEH, TOFU and YEAST, plus the spangram VEGANPROTEINS.
What was the big word in the March 29, 2025 Strands?
The big word — the spangram — for March 29, 2025 is VEGANPROTEINS, 13 letters long, running from row 1, column 3 to row 8, column 4. It is the one word that touches two opposite sides of the board and states the theme outright.
What did the Strands theme “Power plants” mean?
The Strands theme “Power plants” for March 29, 2025 means VEGANPROTEINS — 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 March 29, 2025?
Strands puzzle #391 has 7 theme words plus one spangram, and together they use all 48 letters on the board exactly once.
How difficult was the March 29, 2025 Strands puzzle?
Strands #391 rates average on a computed index, harder than 46% of every Strands puzzle published since March 2024.
What number was the Strands puzzle on March 29, 2025?
The Strands puzzle published on Saturday, March 29, 2025 is #391, 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.