#169Monday, August 19, 2024
Strands answers for August 19, 2024 — “Hear me roar!” (#169)
Spoilers below — this page is the full record for this puzzle
The NYT Strands spangram for August 19, 2024 (puzzle #169) is BIGCAT, a 6-letter answer to the theme "Hear me roar!". The 7 theme words are CHEETAH, COUGAR, JAGUAR, LEOPARD, LION, PANTHER and TIGER.
Where is each answer on the August 19 Strands board?
Strands #169 resolves to these 7 theme words plus the spangram BIGCAT.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHEETAH | 7 | row 4, column 1 | row 1, column 4 | diagonally across the grid |
| COUGAR | 6 | row 8, column 4 | row 6, column 1 | diagonally across the grid |
| JAGUAR | 6 | row 5, column 4 | row 8, column 5 | top to bottom |
| LEOPARD | 7 | row 2, column 2 | row 3, column 2 | diagonally across the grid |
| LION | 4 | row 6, column 6 | row 6, column 5 | diagonally across the grid |
| PANTHER | 7 | row 1, column 5 | row 3, column 4 | diagonally across the grid |
| TIGER | 5 | row 7, column 3 | row 8, column 3 | diagonally across the grid |
| BIGCAT | 6 | row 5, column 1 | row 4, column 6 | left to right |
What did the August 19 Strands grid look like?
Puzzle #169 is played on 48 letters arranged in eight rows of six.
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 P-O-E-H-P-A, row 2 reads A-L-A-T-T-N, row 3 reads R-D-E-R-E-H, row 4 reads C-H-E-C-A-T, row 5 reads B-I-G-J-O-I, row 6 reads R-G-U-A-N-L, row 7 reads A-I-T-O-G-U, and row 8 reads G-E-R-C-R-A.
How hard was the August 19 Strands puzzle?
The difficulty index rates puzzle #169 as average: it sits at the 30th 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 August 19 Strands puzzle?
Strands puzzle #169 was edited by Tracy Bennett, who also constructed it. Output across the whole run is broken down on who makes NYT Strands.
Common questions about the August 19 Strands puzzle
What was the clue for Strands on August 19, 2024?
The Strands clue for August 19, 2024 is “Hear me roar!”, on puzzle #169. It is answered by the spangram BIGCAT, and all 7 theme words that day belong to that idea.
What were the Strands words on August 19, 2024?
The 7 Strands theme words for August 19, 2024 are CHEETAH, COUGAR, JAGUAR, LEOPARD, LION, PANTHER and TIGER, plus the spangram BIGCAT.
What was the big word in the August 19, 2024 Strands?
The big word — the spangram — for August 19, 2024 is BIGCAT, 6 letters long, running from row 5, column 1 to row 4, 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 “Hear me roar!” mean?
The Strands theme “Hear me roar!” for August 19, 2024 means BIGCAT — 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 August 19, 2024?
Strands puzzle #169 has 7 theme words plus one spangram, and together they use all 48 letters on the board exactly once.
How difficult was the August 19, 2024 Strands puzzle?
Strands #169 rates average on a computed index, harder than 30% of every Strands puzzle published since March 2024.
What number was the Strands puzzle on August 19, 2024?
The Strands puzzle published on Monday, August 19, 2024 is #169, 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 August 2024, part of the full Strands archive.