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NYT Strands hints, answers for January 21
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.
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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.
Wordle today: Answer, hints for January 21
NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for January 21
NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: You don’t say…
Table of Contents
These words were once cool to say.
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Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained
Words are things your child might tell you not say anymore.
NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?
Today’s NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.
NYT Strands spangram answer today
Today’s spangram is DatedSlang.
NYT Strands word list for January 21
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Radical
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Fresh
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Major
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Phat
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Boss
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Tubular
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Cherry
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DatedSlang
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Not the day you’re after? Here’s the solution to yesterday’s Strands.
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