This time, we’re doing a past puzzle from the NYT Strands, and the theme is “Dash it!”. It’s Strands#534 from August 19, 2025, and we’re after four theme words and a spangram that has nothing to do with the old-fashioned British exclamation of showing frustration. Think literally for this one, and you’ll easily get what this puzzle is playing at.
Hints for the “Dash It” Spangam
It’s a word used for two words held together by a small line.
Hints for the “Dash It” Theme Answers
Functions as single words in meaning, but are actually phrases of two words joined by a dash.
“Dash It!” NYT Strands Spangram and Theme Answer
The Spangram for the “Dash It!” theme is HYPHENATED, and the theme answers are HOCUSPOCUS, HOITYTOITY, PELLMELL, and WILLYNILLY. These words are separated by a dash as hocus-pocus, hoity-toity, pell-mell, and willy-nilly, so you need to dash them.
- The spangram HYPHENATED is found in the center horizontally.
- I found HOCUSPOCUS first in the upper right corner.
- WILLYNILLY is in the upper left corner.
- HOITYTOITY takes up the upper left corner.
- In the bottom right, you’ll find PELLMELL.
