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NYT Strands hints, answers for January 17
If you’re reading this, you’re looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times‘ elevated word-search game.
Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked 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 an answer. There’s always a theme linking every solution, along with the “spangram,” a special, word or phrase that sums up that day’s theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.
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By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.
If you’re feeling stuck or just don’t have 10 or more minutes to figure out today’s puzzle, we’ve got all the NYT Strands hints for today’s puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.
Wordle today: Answer, hints for January 17
NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for January 17
NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: The time of our lives
Table of Contents
These words describe groups of people with similar birth years.
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Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained
Words are defining “time” or era for each generation.
NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?
Today’s NYT Strands spangram is vertical.
NYT Strands spangram answer today
Today’s spangram is GenerationGap.
NYT Strands word list for January 17
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Millennial
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Alpha
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Boomer
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Zoomer
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Greatest
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GenerationGap
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Not the day you’re after? Here’s the solution to yesterday’s Strands.
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