Today’s NYT Strands clues are straightforward if you’re at ease with heights.
Strands, the New York Times‘ unique word-search game, invites players to form words from connected letters in any orientation, including diagonally, and permits words to shift direction, creating distinctive patterns. Each letter in the grid contributes to a solution, and all answers are tied together by a common theme, involving the “spangram,” a unique word or phrase that embodies the day’s theme and spans the grid either horizontally or vertically.
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With a cryptic hint and the exclusion of the word list, Strands offers a challenging puzzle that requires more time to complete compared to other games like Wordle and Connections.
If you’re having trouble or pressed for time, we provide all the NYT Strands hints for today’s puzzle to assist you in moving forward at your own pace.
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NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Look above!
The terms relate to aviation.
Today’s NYT Strands theme clarified
The terms refer to items that soar.
NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it horizontal or vertical?
The spangram for today’s NYT Strands is horizontal.
NYT Strands spangram answer today
This day’s spangram is Defying Gravity.
NYT Strands word list for January 6
Balloon
Drone
Defying Gravity
Kite
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