By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.

Looking for help with today's NYT Strands puzzle? Here's an extra hint to help you uncover the right words, as well as all of today's answers and Spangram.

Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.

NYT Strands for January 8 is now available to solve on the outlet’s website and application. Every day, players are provided with a six-by-eight grid and they first have to crack its central theme. Upon getting it right,

The New York Times has added another innovative game called Strands to its puzzle offerings. Launched in 2025, it features a daily theme and words to uncover on a grid, including a unique Spangram. Strands joins the NYT's lineup of popular puzzles like Wordle and Mini Crossword,

As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today's Wordle solution revealed.

Strand is a daily word puzzle game from the New York Times Games, the puzzle experts who are famous the daily Crossword puzzles.