NYT Strands Hints and Answers for January 30, 2025 (#333)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of January 30, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of January 30, 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 30, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
Stopping by woods on a snowy evening
Start from the clue “Stopping by woods on a snowy evening”. Once you see what the 8 theme words have in common, the grid opens up quickly.
Hint 2First letters
The theme words begin with B, D, D, F, L, L, S, S. Several share a starting letter (D, L, S).
Hint 3Word lengths
By length, the answers run 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6 and 6. The shortest is 4 letters, the longest 6.
SpangramThe spangram
FROSTPOEM
9 letters, a single word, running from one edge of the grid to the opposite edge.
Starts with F, ends with M.
AnswersAll theme words
- DARK4 letters
- DEEP4 letters
- LAKE4 letters
- BELLS5 letters
- SHAKE5 letters
- SLEEP5 letters
- FROZEN6 letters
- LOVELY6 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.