If you’re reading this, you’re looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times‘ elevated word-search game.
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.
NYT Strands hint for today’s theme:
These words will leave you lost in the woods.
Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained
The answers are types of tree.
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NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?
Today’s NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.
NYT Strands spangram answer today
Today’s spangram is Forest.
NYT Strands word list for August 25
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Chestnut
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Sycamore
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Beech
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Forest
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Ginkgo
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Maple
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Willow
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Pine
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