NYT Strands today – my hints, answers and spangram for Wednesday January 22 (game #325)
Strands is the NYT’s newest word game, following Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s a lot of fun. It can be difficult though, so read on for my Strands tips.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about today’s NYT Strands is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #325) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Pixar this
NYT Strands Today (Game #325) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- CONE
- DRON
- TO DRAW
- MALE
- LINE
- LEAVE
NYT Strands Today (game #325) – hint #3 – spangram
What’s a hint for today’s spangram?
• Perfectly drawn
NYT Strands Today (Game #325) – Hint #4 – Spangram Position
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram comes into contact with?
First side: left, 3rd row
Last side: right, 4th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #325) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #325, are…
- COURAGEOUS
- CARS
- SOUL
- Forward
- ELEMENTARY
- RATATOUILLE
- SPANGRAM: ANIMATION
- My rating: Simple
- My score: 1 tip
Even though I could see that this Pixar-themed puzzle also included RATATOUILLE, I had to leave it until last – and even then I had trouble connecting the letters in the correct order. What a difficult word to spell.
Sadly, Strands didn’t include my favorite Pixar film – WALL-E – no doubt for punctuation reasons. The same goes for the wonderful MONSTERS, INC.
Whenever I catch myself taking life too easy and watching football in a lying down position with a bag of chips in my lap, I often wake up from my drooling stupor by thinking of WALL-E and the spacecraft full of helpless people have forgotten how to do that. take care of themselves. Granted, these are most days.
Maybe I should get a treadmill for my sports TV watching. If anything, it would make it harder to eat the chips.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Tuesday, January 21, Game #324)
- CHERRY
- BOSS
- IMPORTANT
- PHAT
- FRESH
- RADICAL
- TUBULAR
- SPANGRAM: DATED SNAKE
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s new word game, after Wordle and Connections. It is now out of beta so is a full member of the NYT’s stable of games and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a full guide to playing NYT Strands, complete with troubleshooting tips, so give that a read if you’re struggling to beat it every day.