If burritos are your thing, the NYT Strands hints for today are simple.

Strands, the New York Times‘ elegant word-search game, presents players with a distinctive twist on the conventional word search. Words are constructed from adjacent letters — in any orientation — and can shift direction, creating unique patterns. Each letter in the grid contributes to an answer. There is always a theme linking all answers, along with the “spangram,” a specific word or phrase that represents the day’s theme and spans the grid either horizontally or vertically.

Strands provides a brain-bending challenge by offering a vague hint and not including a word list, making it more time-consuming than other games like Wordle and Connections.

If you find yourself in a bind or pressed for time, we’ve compiled all the NYT Strands hints for today’s puzzle to assist you in progressing at your own pace.

Today’s NYT Strands hint: Circling around

The words pertain to covering.

Today’s NYT Strands theme clearly defined

These terms refer to objects used for covering something.

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

The spangram for today’s NYT Strands is horizontal.

Today’s NYT Strands spangram solution

Today’s spangram is That’s a Wrap.

NYT Strands word list for November 16

• Scarf

• Shawl

• Stole

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