Strands Hint

#11Thursday, March 14, 2024

Strands answers for March 14, 2024 — “Get animated” (#11)

The NYT Strands spangram for March 14, 2024 (puzzle #11) is LOONEYTUNES, a 11-letter answer to the theme "Get animated". The 6 theme words are BUGS, COYOTE, DAFFY, FOGHORN, PORKY and ROADRUNNER.

BUGSCOYOTEDAFFYFOGHORNPORKYROADRUNNERLOONEYTUNES

Where is each answer on the March 14 Strands board?

Strands #11 resolves to these 6 theme words plus the spangram LOONEYTUNES.

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.

Verified board positions, Strands puzzle #11
AnswerLettersStartsEndsDirection
BUGS4row 4, column 6row 6, column 5diagonally across the grid
COYOTE6row 8, column 3row 8, column 6left to right
DAFFY5row 7, column 4row 6, column 2diagonally across the grid
FOGHORN7row 1, column 1row 3, column 1diagonally across the grid
PORKY5row 6, column 1row 8, column 2diagonally across the grid
ROADRUNNER10row 3, column 5row 1, column 2diagonally across the grid
LOONEYTUNES11row 3, column 6row 5, column 1diagonally across the grid

What did the March 14 Strands grid look like?

Puzzle #11 is played on 48 letters arranged in eight rows of six.

FRNNRDOGEUOANHTYRLROUEOBSENNOUPYFFSGROADOTKYCOYE

Spangram — 11 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 F-R-N-N-R-D, row 2 reads O-G-E-U-O-A, row 3 reads N-H-T-Y-R-L, row 4 reads R-O-U-E-O-B, row 5 reads S-E-N-N-O-U, row 6 reads P-Y-F-F-S-G, row 7 reads R-O-A-D-O-T, and row 8 reads K-Y-C-O-Y-E.

How hard was the March 14 Strands puzzle?

The difficulty index rates puzzle #11 as hard: it sits at the 84th percentile of every Strands grid to date.

Difficulty
84
percentile, hard
Path turns
27
direction changes
Decoy words
701
non-theme words accepted
Mean answer
6.2
letters per theme word

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 14 Strands puzzle?

Strands puzzle #11 was edited by Tracy Bennett and constructed by Sam Ezersky. Output across the whole run is broken down on who makes NYT Strands.

Common questions about the March 14 Strands puzzle

What was the clue for Strands on March 14, 2024?

The Strands clue for March 14, 2024 is “Get animated”, on puzzle #11. It is answered by the spangram LOONEYTUNES, and all 6 theme words that day belong to that idea.

What were the Strands words on March 14, 2024?

The 6 Strands theme words for March 14, 2024 are BUGS, COYOTE, DAFFY, FOGHORN, PORKY and ROADRUNNER, plus the spangram LOONEYTUNES.

What was the big word in the March 14, 2024 Strands?

The big word — the spangram — for March 14, 2024 is LOONEYTUNES, 11 letters long, running from row 3, column 6 to row 5, 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 “Get animated” mean?

The Strands theme “Get animated” for March 14, 2024 means LOONEYTUNES — 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 March 14, 2024?

Strands puzzle #11 has 6 theme words plus one spangram, and together they use all 48 letters on the board exactly once.

How difficult was the March 14, 2024 Strands puzzle?

Strands #11 rates hard on a computed index, harder than 84% of every Strands puzzle published since March 2024.

What number was the Strands puzzle on March 14, 2024?

The Strands puzzle published on Thursday, March 14, 2024 is #11, 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 2024, part of the full Strands archive.