Unleash Your Inner Wordsmith with Strands
If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game. Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase that sums up that day's theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.
Strands: The Brain-Teasing Game You Need to Try
By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections. If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.
Today's Theme: Medical Instruments
Today’s NYT Strands theme is plainly explained: these words are things a physician carries. The spangram hint for today is that it is vertical. The answer to today's spangram is "Doctors Kit."
Featured Video: Strands 101
Want to learn more about how to win NYT's latest word game? Watch the featured video below for a comprehensive guide to mastering Strands.
