If you’re employed from 9 to 5, the hints for today’s NYT Strands are clear-cut.

Strands, the New York Times‘ elegant word-search challenge, provides a fresh take on the conventional word search. Participants create words from linked letters — vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, allowing words to shift direction to form distinctive shapes. Each letter in the matrix contributes to a solution. Every puzzle features a theme that connects all solutions, accompanied by the “spangram,” a unique word or phrase embodying the day’s theme that spans the grid either horizontally or vertically.

With vague hints and an absence of a word list, Strands presents a rigorous game that demands more time than alternatives such as Wordle and Connections.

If you’re feeling lost or pressed for time, we have all the NYT Strands hints for today’s puzzle to assist you in advancing at your own speed.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Remarks from the board meeting

The words pertain to professional matters.

Explanation of today’s NYT Strands theme

These terms pertain to the workplace.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it aligned horizontally or vertically?

The spangram for today’s NYT Strands is horizontal.

Today’s NYT Strands spangram solution

This day’s spangram is Corporate Speak.

NYT Strands word collection for November 21

• Liaise

• Disrupt

• Align

• Corporate