• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Pixar this
NYT Strands today — my hints, answers and spangram for Wednesday, January 22 (game #325)

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 #325) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
NYT Strands today (game #325) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- CONE
- DRONE
- DRAW
- MALE
- LINE
- LATE
NYT Strands today (game #325) – hint #3 – spangram
What is a hint for today’s spangram?
• Perfectly drawn
NYT Strands today (game #325) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 3rd row
Last side: right, 4th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #325) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #325, are…
- BRAVE
- CARS
- SOUL
- ONWARD
- ELEMENTAL
- RATATOUILLE
- SPANGRAM: ANIMATION
- My rating: Easy
- My score: 1 hint
Even though I could see that this Pixar-themed puzzle included RATATOUILLE, I still had to leave it until last – and even then struggled to connect the letters in the right order. What a tricky word to spell.
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Sadly, Strands didn’t include my favorite Pixar movie – WALL-E – no doubt for punctuation reasons. Same for the magnificent MONSTERS, INC.
Whenever I catch myself taking life too easy, watching soccer in a reclined position with a bag of chips on my lap, I often snap out of my drooling stupor by thinking about WALL-E and the spacecraft full of fitless humans who have forgotten how to fend for themselves. Admittedly, this is most days.
Maybe I should buy a treadmill for my sports TV viewing. It’d make it harder to eat the chips, at least.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, 21 January, game #324)
- CHERRY
- BOSS
- MAJOR
- PHAT
- FRESH
- RADICAL
- TUBULAR
- SPANGRAM: DATED SLANG
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 how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
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…
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