If you’re perusing this, you’re in search of help with Strands, the New York Times’ intricate word-search game.

Strands puts players to the test with a variation on the traditional word search. Words can be created from adjoining letters in any direction, including diagonal, and can alter course, forming distinctive shapes. Each letter in the grid contributes to a solution. A theme connects all solutions, accompanied by the “spangram,” a notable word or phrase that embodies the day’s theme and covers the entire grid either horizontally or vertically.

By offering an obscure hint and leaving out the word list, Strands delivers a mind-bending experience that requires more time to complete than other games such as Wordle and Connections.

If you find yourself at an impasse or lack 10 or more minutes to tackle today’s puzzle, we possess all the NYT Strands hints you require to advance at your own pace.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Riding high

The words pertain to items necessary for an escapade.

Today’s NYT Strands theme simply elucidated

These words relate to suspended cables.

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 Ziplining.

NYT Strands word list for September 16

– Carbinger
– Helmet
– Cable
– Ziplining
– Pulley
– Harness
– Gloves

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