If you are perusing this, you are looking for help with Strands, the New York Times‘ sophisticated word-search game.

Strands puts players to the test with a variation on the traditional word search. Words can be created from adjacent letters in any orientation, including diagonally, and can alter direction, resulting in distinctive shapes. Each letter in the grid contributes to a solution. There is always a theme connecting every answer, along with the “spangram,” a unique word or phrase that embodies the day’s theme and spans the entirety of the grid either horizontally or vertically.

By offering an ambiguous hint and omitting the word list, Strands delivers a mentally stimulating game that generally takes longer to complete than other games such as Wordle and Connections.

If you’re at a standstill or lack 10 or more minutes to tackle today’s challenge, we have all the NYT Strands hints for today’s puzzle to assist you in moving at your own speed.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Next to the bobby pins

The words pertain to beauty.

Today’s NYT Strands theme clearly defined

These words describe methods to embellish hair.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today’s NYT Strands spangram is vertical.

NYT Strands spangram solution today

Today’s spangram is Hair Accessories