NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram And Answers For Monday, January 6

Looking for Sunday’s Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here:

I am currently buried under a foot of snow, so I don’t think there’s going to be anything better to do than to run through the NYT game section, including Strands, so here we are.

How To Play Strands

The New York Times’ Strands puzzle is a play on the classic word search. It’s in beta for now, which means it’ll only stick around if enough people play it every day.

There’s a new game of Strands to play every day. The game will present you with a six by eight grid of letters. The aim is to find a group of words that have something in common, and you’ll get a clue as to what that theme is. When you find a theme word, it will remain highlighted in blue.

You’ll also need to find a special word called a spangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The spangram links two opposite sides of the board. While the theme words will not be a proper name, the spangram can be a proper name. When you find the spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.

Be warned: You’ll need to be on your toes.

“Some themes are fill-in-the-blank phrases. They may also be steps in a process, items that all belong to the same category, synonyms or homophones,” The New York Times notes. “Just as she varies the difficulty of Wordle puzzles within a week, [Wordle and Strands editor Tracy] Bennett plans to throw Strands solvers curveballs every once in a while.”

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What Is Today’s Strands Hint?

The official hint from the NYT will be first and then I will make one of my own to help further

In Neutral

And mine is

Not Cars

That’s probably enough to get you started.

What Are Today’s Strands Answers?

Spoilers follow as we move on to answers for the day. The spangram will be first, then the full list of answers after that. The spangram is:

OFFWHITES

And here’s where that lies on the board:

The answers are below:

• CHAMPAGNE
• LINEN
• VANILLA
• CREAM
• IVORY
• EGGSHELL

Well, I guess if you are familiar with painting your house neutral colors this may have been easy for you, but I will admit I really did not know most of these offhand and really just had to solve them being actual words. Champagne White? Is that really a thing? Eggshell I knew, but yeah this was not all that easy. I’m curious to see how you did.

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