If you are viewing this, you are looking for help with Strands, the New York Times‘ elegant word-search challenge.

Strands presents players with a variation of the classic word search. Words can be constructed from adjacent letters — vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, and they may shift direction, forming different shapes and patterns. Every letter in the grid contributes to an answer. There is always a central theme connecting every solution, along with the “spangram,” a unique word or phrase that embodies the day’s theme and spans the entire grid either horizontally or vertically.

By providing an ambiguous hint and omitting the word list, Strands crafts a challenging game that may take more time to complete than others, like Wordle and Connections.

If you find yourself at an impasse or lack 10 or more minutes to tackle today’s puzzle, we have all the NYT Strands hints available for today’s puzzle to assist you in advancing at your own pace.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: In stitches

The terms refer to items crafted with a needle and thread.

Today’s NYT Strands theme clearly articulated

These terms refer to items you would create by hand.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today’s NYT Strands spangram is vertical.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today’s spangram is KnittingProject.

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