Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers, and Help for Feb. 22, #356
Looking for the latest Strands puzzle answers? Here are the hints and solutions for Strands No. 356 on February 22, 2025.
Today’s Strands Puzzle Overview Today’s Strands puzzle is a bit tricky. The puzzle features long words that may be challenging to unscramble, especially when you make smaller words to unlock clues. However, with a few tips, you can solve it efficiently.
- Clue for Theme: The theme is “Here we (don’t) go again.”
- Hint: Think of beep-beep and brakes, which is a hint towards traffic-related words.
Clue Words to Unlock In-Game Hints To help you out, find words of four or more letters. These will unlock important hints for the theme. Here are some words that can help:
- LOST, LOTS, LOCK, BLOCK, COLA, GRID, TIFF, RAFF, CROW, ROVE, COVE, OVER, CROWD.
Once you find three words, Strands will reveal one of the theme words.
Answers for Today’s Strands Puzzle The main answers tie into the traffic theme, and they are:
- BLOCKAGE
- GRIDLOCK
- CONGESTION
- OVERCROWDING
These words all relate to traffic and its issues, which ties into the theme.
Today’s Strands Spangram The spangram is the key word that spans across the puzzle. Today’s spangram is TRAFFICJAM. To find it:
- Start with the T four letters down on the far-left row.
- Wind across the puzzle to reveal the full word.
Today’s NYT Strands puzzle focused on traffic-related terms, with words like blockage and gridlock. The spangram, TRAFFICJAM, ties everything together. If you’re struggling, remember to look for four-letter words to unlock helpful hints. Enjoy solving!
