Subj : NYT Strands today  my hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, Jan
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Date : Sun Jan 12 2025 00:15:04

NYT Strands today  my hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, January 12 
(game #315)

Date:
Sun, 12 Jan 2025 00:02:00 +0000

Description:
Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to 
solve today's game, including the spangram.

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Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee 
and Connections  and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on 
for my Strands hints. 

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 NYT Strands today is below, so don't read 
on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Strands today (game #315) - 
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands? 

  Today's NYT Strands theme is Wait what? NYT Strands today (game #315) - 
hint #2 - clue words 

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. BALE RAIL SOLID 
BOOM NUTS BEAR NYT Strands today (game #315) - hint #3 - spangram What is a 
hint for today's spangram? 

  Bewildered NYT Strands today (game #315) - hint #4 - spangram position What 
are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches? 

First side: top, 4th column 

Last side: bottom, 3rd column 

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT 
TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #315) - the answers (Image credit: New 
York Times) 

The answers to today's Strands, game #315, are STUN ASTONISH GOBSMACK 
SURPRISE FLABBERGAST SPANGRAM: MINDBLOWN My rating: Easy My score: Perfect 

Theres a couple of brilliant words in todays Strands that feel as if they 
belong in boys comics from the 1950s and have not been heard much since  
GOBSMACK and FLABBERGAST. 

I was pleased  although not particularly gobsmacked  to learn that 
Flabbergast originated in Sussex, which is the English county where I was 
born, although quite why that particular area popularized a word which 
originally meant shocked tubby person is uncertain. 

Gobsmack is also interesting and again began as a portmanteau of two slang 
words  Gob (for mouth, coined in Ireland in the 16th century) and Smack, 
which describes the sound of a flat hand hitting something  so hitting your 
mouth in shock. Something I instantly imagine Stan Laurel doing. 

Meanwhile, todays big SURPRISE was that I completed Strands again without any 
hints. 

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know. Yesterday's NYT 
Strands answers (Saturday, 11 January, game #314) DAWN DUSK NOON EVENING 
MORNING DAYBREAK TWILIGHT SPANGRAM: TIMING What is NYT Strands? 

Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's 
now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable and 
can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile. 

I've got a full guide to h ow to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for 
solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hi
nts-12-january-2025


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