Current NYT Strands Tips, Answers and Help for January 13, #316

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Today Strings The puzzle is fun. We’re all familiar with times like 5 o’clock or 3:30 PM, but there are many ways to show the time of day that aren’t numerical, and this graphic will help you explore. If you want advice and answers, read on.

Also, I go deep about Strands rules in this article.

If you are looking for today’s Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword solutions, you can visit CNET’s NYT photo gallery.

Read more: NYT Connections Update 1: These Are the 5 Hardest Puzzles Ever

Consider the modern version of Strands

Today’s theme for Strands is: Hole punch

If that doesn’t help, here’s a hint: Salt is poppy and other colors.

Key words to unlock game ideas

Your goal is to find the hidden words that match the theme of the picture. If you’re stuck, find the words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands reveals one of the words in the theme. These are the words I like to find the instructions for, but any word of four or more letters you can find will work:

• BE, ALL, REEL, BEER, LEER, SEVEN, SAME, MAIL, REVEL, SEVER

Modern Strands puzzle solutions

These are the answers that relate to the topic. The object of the puzzles is to find them all, including the spangram, a word that moves from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have them all (at first I thought there were always eight but I learned that the number varies), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers:

• PLAIN, GARLIC, SESAME, RAISIN, BLUEBERRY, EVERYTHING

Today Strands spangram

Today Strands spangram is PICTURES. To find it, start with B, which is four letters down the right-hand column, and go around and up.