NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, January 25 (game #693)

Date:
Sat, 24 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000

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

FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day
for your time zone which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for
Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, January 24 (game #692) .

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 #693) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is The straight and narrow NYT Strands today
(game #693) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. TICK TONE BOAT SEEK LICK PACT NYT Strands today (game #693) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 15 letters NYT Strands today (game #693) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: bottom, 1st column

Last side: top, 2nd column

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #693) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #693, are POLE PICKET POST DOWEL BATON CANE STAKE SPANGRAM: STICKYSITUATION My rating: Easy My score: Perfect

This was one of those rare games where finding non-game words was harder than finding one of the seven straight and narrow game words.

I found the spangram first after seeing stick and sticky, rather than the entire 15-letter beast. And from there on the search was low on surprises.

My lowpoint was with just one word left and just five letters to connect,
when I still managed to spell STAKE incorrectly. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday, January 24, game #692) BOATING PARTY WATER NIGHT STARRY LILIES SPANGRAM: FAMOUSPAINTING What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable that has been running for a year and which 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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