If you have found this, it means you’re looking for help with Strands, the New York Times‘ intricate word-search challenge.

Strands invites players to reinvent the classic word search. Words can be created from adjacent letters in any orientation — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, and they can also shift direction, forming distinctive shapes and designs. Each letter in the grid contributes to a solution. There’s a consistent theme tying together each response, accompanied by the “spangram,” a unique word or phrase that embodies the day’s theme and spans the grid either horizontally or vertically.

By providing an elusive clue and omitting a word list, Strands crafts a game that takes a little longer to complete compared to other games such as Wordle and Connections.

If you’re facing difficulty or lack 10 or more minutes to tackle today’s puzzle, we have all the NYT Strands hints you need to move forward at your own pace.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: If you construct it…

The words pertain to construction.

Today’s NYT Strands theme clearly defined

These words refer to architectural styles.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today’s NYT Strands spangram is positioned horizontally.

NYT Strands spangram solution today

Today’s spangram is Architecture