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NYT Strands Hints and Answers for March 14, 2026

Mar 13th 2026

Today's Strands theme is a pie pun tied to 3.14; the spangram is HAPPYPIDAY and the other answers include CRUST, FILLING and LATTICE.

  • Theme: A math teacher's favorite dessert, clue 3.14.
  • Spangram: HAPPYPIDAY, starting at the H six rows down and three to the right from the upper-left corner and tracing a pie shape.
  • Nonspangram answers are VENT, CRUST, FRUIT, EDGES, GLAZE, FILLING, and LATTICE.
  • Hints unlock when you find three words of four letters or more, with each trio revealing one theme word.
  • Sample clue words used to trigger hints included RITE, SPIT, TIPS, STAT, STATE, GIVE, RUST, FINE, LAZE, SURE, and PEAL.