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New York Times Strands Hints and Answers for January 2, 2025

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January 1, 2025

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Strands is back with yet another difficult puzzle to ponder over. If you want to win, you need to figure out the theme and all the themed words hidden deep in the letter grid. And today’s clue isn’t much help.

If you are stuck on this challenging puzzle game, you can find help below. This article contains everything you need to win, including general hints, spoilers, and even the full answer to the puzzle if you want to see it for yourself.

How to Play the New York Times Games Strands

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Strands is a short daily word game that pits you against a grid of seemingly random letters that contains a whole bunch of related words.

The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #305 January 2, 2025

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The Strands puzzle for today has the clue Super Bowl. There are seven things to find: the Spangram and six themed words.

New York Times Games Strands Clues

Do you want just a little hint for today’s puzzle without any of the answers in it? You can find a bunch of spoiler-free hints to get you closer to the theme of this puzzle game that can make you smarter in the sections below.

General Hint 1

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General Hint 2

General Hint 3

Hint 3: What you might make for someone who is ill.

Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands

Spoilers for two of the seven hidden words can be found in the sections below. Open them up with the Read More button to see what the word is and where it goes in the letter grid.

Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

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The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands

If you want to see the full answer for this free-to-play PC game, check out the section below. It contains all the themed words for today, the Spangram, and the location of each of these words.

The category for today is ChickenSoup. The words are Stock, Pepper, Celery, Onions, Carrots, and Noodles.

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Today’s Strands Explained

Don’t get it? Not a problem; you can find an explanation for how the puzzle’s theme, the themed words, the Spangram, and the clue all mesh together in harmony in this minimalist puzzle game.

The clue for today is Super Bowl because it is a pun. Like Soup-er Bowl. The theme is Chicken Soup because all the themed words are different items you commonly put in such a soup, minus the chicken.

Want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Strands website available on almost any device with a browser.