Current NYT Strands Tips, Answers and Help for January 20, #323

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If you’re a fan of some children’s fiction (which is also a movie, more than once), you should have a good time with today’s NYT. Strings confusing. There is an idea in the sentence. If you want more tips and solutions, read on.

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

If you are looking for today’s Wordle, Connections, Connections: Crossword Puzzle 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: Curious and curious.

If that doesn’t help, just know: I’m late! I’m late! For the most important day!

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 for the theme. These are the words I like to get those ideas, but any word of four or more letters you can find will work:

• NOTE, TREED, TO, BACK, BORDER, PATE, AMAZING, AMAZING, THAT, DREAR, MOUSE, PRICE

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:

• RABBIT, HATTER, CROQUET, DORMOUSE, CATERPILLAR

Today Strands spangram

Today Strands spangram is WONDERLAND. To find it, start with the W that is five letters from the bottom left of the top row, and work your way down.