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Today’s New York Times puzzle is pretty tough. Some of these words aren’t super common, and there’s no confusion that can trip you up. If you need tips and answers, please continue reading.
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Tips for today’s chain puzzle
Today’s stock theme is: Body Language
If that doesn’t help, here’s a clue: sending out signals somehow.
Clue words to unlock tips in the game
Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle topic. If you are stuck, find any words. Whenever you find three words with four letters or more letters, the chain reveals one of the topic words. These are the words I used to get these tips, but any words with four or more letters you find will work:
- sted, salt, mars, injury, danger, stem, pick up, cooking, cart, cart, lute, lion, hand, hand, skin, shake, shake, shake
Answers to today’s chain puzzle
These are the answers that are linked to the topic. The purpose of the puzzle is to find all of this, including spangram, a topic word, from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of this (I initially thought there were always eight, but learned that this number might be different), every letter on the board will be used. This is the non-cross-angle answer:
- Shrugging, kowtow, salute, curtsey, namaste, handshake
Today’s Chain Ball
Complete NYT Strands puzzle for May 26, 2025, #449.
Today’s chain Spagram is gesture. To find it, start with G of G, the first line is four letters, and then bypass.
