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

Strands puts players to the test with a new take on the classic word search. Words can be created from adjacent letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonally, and they can also alter direction, forming distinctive shapes and designs. Every letter in the grid contributes to an answer. Each solution is connected by a theme, 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 ambiguous hint and omitting a word list, Strands crafts a challenging game that typically requires more time to complete compared to other games like Wordle and Connections.

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

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Things are beginning to take form

The words are shapes and space.

Today’s NYT Strands theme straightforwardly articulated

These words are geometric.

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 GeometryClass.