NYT Strands tips, answers for January 13

If you’re reading this, you want a little help playing Strands, i New York Times‘ is an advanced word search game.

Strands requires the player to put a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made of connected 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 the answer. There is always a theme that connects all the solutions, and a “spangram,” a special word or phrase that summarizes the theme of that day, and extends the entire grid horizontally or vertically.

By providing vague hints and not providing a list of words, Strands creates a puzzle game that takes longer to play than its other games, such as Wordle and Connections.

If you’re feeling stuck or don’t have 10 minutes or so to figure out today’s puzzle, we’ve got all the NYT Strands tips for today’s puzzle you need to progress at your own pace.

NYT Strands tip for today’s theme: Curly food

These words are famous for schmear.

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Today’s NYT Strands theme is clearly defined

The words are different types of breakfast food with a hole in the middle.

NYT Strands spangram tip: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today’s NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.

NYT Strands spangram response today

Today’s spangram is Bagels.

NYT Strands word list for January 13

• Raspberries

• Everything

• Plain

• Raisin

• Sesame

• Garlic

• Bagels

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Not the next day? Here is the solution to yesterday’s Strands.