If you’re perusing this, you’re looking for help with Strands, the New York Times‘ elegant word-search puzzle.

Strands presents players with a new spin on the classic word search. Words can be constructed from adjacent letters in any orientation — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, and they can alter direction, resulting in distinctive shapes and forms. Each letter in the grid contributes to an answer. A theme always ties together each solution, along with the “spangram,” a unique word or phrase that encapsulates the day’s theme and extends across the entire grid either horizontally or vertically.

By providing an unclear clue and omitting the word list, Strands offers a challenging game experience that requires more time compared to other games like Wordle and Connections.

If you’re in a bind or lack 10 or more minutes to tackle today’s puzzle, we’ve collected all the NYT Strands hints for today’s puzzle to assist you in advancing at your own pace.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Abracadabra!

The words relate to magicians.

Today’s NYT Strands theme simply described

These terms refer to magic tricks.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today’s NYT Strands spangram is in a horizontal format.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today’s spangram reads Its Magic.