New York Times Strands Hints and Answers for February 28, 2025

The New York Times Strands puzzle presents a tough challenge packed into a small letter grid every day, and today is no exception. While the rules of the game might make it seem straightforward, this particular puzzle is far from simple, offering a true test of your pattern-finding skills.

If you’re finding yourself stuck on this one, don’t worry; this article is here to help you out. Below, you’ll find a range of hints, from general clues to steer you in the right direction, to spoilers revealing individual words. And if you’re completely stumped, the full solution is also available for this mobile puzzle game similar to Wordle.

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How to Play the New York Times Games Strands

Strands is a short daily word game that pits you against a grid of seemingly random letters that contains a whole bunch of related words.

The NYT Games To Infinity And Beyond Strands #362 February 28, 2025

The Strands puzzle for today has the clue “To Infinity And Beyond!” It has eight things to find: the Spangram and seven themed words.

New York Times Games Strands Tips

Searching for a little spoiler-free help for this relaxing puzzle game? Each of the expandable sections below holds a helpful tip to get you closer to the theme of today’s puzzle game.

General Hint 1

Hint 1: Whose catchphrase is “To Infinity and Beyond?”

General Hint 2

Hint 2: What movie series is that famous phrase from?

General Hint 3

Hint 3: What other characters show up in that movie franchise?

Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands

If you want a spoiler or two for today’s New York Times Strands puzzle, you have come to the right section. Each of the two segments below contains a single themed word spoiler and where that word goes in the puzzle’s letter grid.

Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands To Infinity And Beyond!

The full answer to this puzzle game is in the section immediately below. Expand the section to find all the themed words, the Spangram category, and each of their locations in the puzzle’s letter grid in a single screenshot.

The category for today is Toy Story. The words are Woody, Slinky, Wheezy, Alien, Bullseye, Buzz, and Buster.

Today’s Strands Explained

Need clarity on this puzzle game called Strands? Head to the expandable section below for a breakdown of how the theme, the themed words, the Spangram category, and the clue all come together and make sense.

“To Infinity And Beyond” is Buzz Lightyear’s famous catchphrase in the Toy Story movies. All the themed words are different characters in the franchise.

Want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Strands website, available on almost any device with a browser.

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March 4, 2024

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The New York Times Company

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