NYT Strands Hints and Answers for January 17, 2025 (#320)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of January 17, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
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Hints for January 17, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
The time of our lives
The puzzle calls today’s theme “The time of our lives”. Read it loosely: the 5 answers are examples of it, not synonyms for it.
Hint 2First letters
Sorted alphabetically, the first letters are A, B, G, M, Z.
Hint 3Word lengths
The theme words are 5, 6, 6, 8 and 10 letters long. The shortest is 5 letters, the longest 10.
SpangramThe spangram
GENERATIONGAP
It is a single word of 13 letters and it touches two opposite sides of the board.
Starts with G, ends with P.
AnswersAll theme words
- ALPHA5 letters
- BOOMER6 letters
- ZOOMER6 letters
- GREATEST8 letters
- MILLENNIAL10 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.