NYT Strands Hints and Answers for January 22, 2025 (#325)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of January 22, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of January 22, 2025? Start with the theme, take one rung at a time, and stop as soon as the grid opens up. Nothing below is revealed until you tap it.
Hints for January 22, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Pixar this
Start from the clue “Pixar this”. Once you see what the 6 theme words have in common, the grid opens up quickly.
Hint 2First letters
Sorted alphabetically, the first letters are B, C, E, O, R, S.
Hint 3Word lengths
The theme words are 4, 4, 5, 6, 9 and 11 letters long. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 11.
SpangramThe spangram
ANIMATION
It is a single word of 9 letters and it touches two opposite sides of the board.
Starts with A, ends with N.
AnswersAll theme words
- CARS4 letters
- SOUL4 letters
- BRAVE5 letters
- ONWARD6 letters
- ELEMENTAL9 letters
- RATATOUILLE11 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.