Today’s hints for NYT Strands will lead you through the core of today’s puzzle.

Strands, the New York Times‘ refined word-search game, presents players with a variation on the classic word search. Words can be created from adjoining letters — in any orientation, including diagonals, and can alter directions, forming distinctive shapes and patterns. Each letter in the grid contributes to an answer. A theme ties all answers together, along with the “spangram,” a unique word or phrase that encapsulates the day’s theme, stretching across the entire grid horizontally or vertically.

By providing a cryptic hint and omitting the word list, Strands offers a challenging experience that takes more time to complete than other games like Wordle and Connections.

If you’re in need of assistance or pressed for time, we have all the NYT Strands hints you require to move forward at your own speed.

Today’s NYT Strands puzzle should be straightforward to solve if you’re acquainted with the Ringling Brothers.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: That sounds familiar!

The words pertain to an amusing performance.

Today’s NYT Strands theme clearly articulated

These words depict acts at an outdoor spectacle.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today’s NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today’s spangram is Circus Performers.