NYT Strands Hints and Answers for January 15, 2025 (#318)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of January 15, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
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Hints for January 15, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Thar she blows!
The puzzle calls today’s theme “Thar she blows!”. Read it loosely: the 8 answers are examples of it, not synonyms for it.
Hint 2First letters
Sorted alphabetically, the first letters are B, B, B, G, H, O, R, S. Two of them start with the same letter (B).
Hint 3Word lengths
The theme words are 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6 and 8 letters long. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 8.
SpangramThe spangram
WHALES
It is a single word of 6 letters and it touches two opposite sides of the board.
Starts with W, ends with S.
AnswersAll theme words
- BLUE4 letters
- GRAY4 letters
- ORCA4 letters
- RIGHT5 letters
- SPERM5 letters
- BALEEN6 letters
- BELUGA6 letters
- HUMPBACK8 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.