#464Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Strands answers for June 10, 2025 — “Mind your manners” (#464)
Spoilers below — this page is the full record for this puzzle
The NYT Strands spangram for June 10, 2025 (puzzle #464) is BEPOLITE, a 8-letter answer to the theme "Mind your manners". The 6 theme words are APOLOGIZE, CONSIDER, LISTEN, RESPECT, SHARE and THANK.
Where is each answer on the June 10 Strands board?
Strands #464 resolves to these 6 theme words plus the spangram BEPOLITE.
The table gives the start square, end square and travel direction of all 7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APOLOGIZE | 9 | row 5, column 2 | row 6, column 2 | diagonally across the grid |
| CONSIDER | 8 | row 5, column 6 | row 7, column 6 | diagonally across the grid |
| LISTEN | 6 | row 5, column 1 | row 2, column 2 | bottom to top |
| RESPECT | 7 | row 1, column 6 | row 3, column 5 | diagonally across the grid |
| SHARE | 5 | row 5, column 4 | row 4, column 6 | diagonally across the grid |
| THANK | 5 | row 1, column 1 | row 4, column 2 | top to bottom |
| BEPOLITE | 8 | row 1, column 3 | row 8, column 3 | top to bottom |
What did the June 10 Strands grid look like?
Puzzle #464 is played on 48 letters arranged in eight rows of six.
Spangram — 8 letters6 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 T-H-B-S-E-R, row 2 reads E-N-A-E-P-E, row 3 reads T-S-N-P-T-C, row 4 reads I-K-O-H-R-E, row 5 reads L-A-L-S-A-C, row 6 reads Z-E-P-I-O-N, row 7 reads G-I-O-T-S-R, and row 8 reads O-L-E-I-D-E.
How hard was the June 10 Strands puzzle?
The difficulty index rates puzzle #464 as hard: it sits at the 80th 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 June 10 Strands puzzle?
Strands puzzle #464 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 June 10 Strands puzzle
What was the clue for Strands on June 10, 2025?
The Strands clue for June 10, 2025 is “Mind your manners”, on puzzle #464. It is answered by the spangram BEPOLITE, and all 6 theme words that day belong to that idea.
What were the Strands words on June 10, 2025?
The 6 Strands theme words for June 10, 2025 are APOLOGIZE, CONSIDER, LISTEN, RESPECT, SHARE and THANK, plus the spangram BEPOLITE.
What was the big word in the June 10, 2025 Strands?
The big word — the spangram — for June 10, 2025 is BEPOLITE, 8 letters long, running from row 1, column 3 to row 8, column 3. It is the one word that touches two opposite sides of the board and states the theme outright.
What did the Strands theme “Mind your manners” mean?
The Strands theme “Mind your manners” for June 10, 2025 means BEPOLITE — that is what the spangram spells, and every one of the 6 theme words is an example of it.
How many theme words are in Strands June 10, 2025?
Strands puzzle #464 has 6 theme words plus one spangram, and together they use all 48 letters on the board exactly once.
How difficult was the June 10, 2025 Strands puzzle?
Strands #464 rates hard on a computed index, harder than 80% of every Strands puzzle published since March 2024.
What number was the Strands puzzle on June 10, 2025?
The Strands puzzle published on Tuesday, June 10, 2025 is #464, 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 June 2025, part of the full Strands archive.