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New York Times launches Strands puzzle with travel theme and spangram for February 22

digitaltrends.com — February 22, 2025 at 02:01 PM UTC

The New York Times has introduced a new daily puzzle called Strands, which is a more challenging version of a word search. Players must find hidden "theme words" in a grid by manipulating letters. In Strands, players can earn hints by finding non-theme words. Each puzzle includes a "spangram," a special word that connects two sides of the grid. Today's theme is "Here we (don’t) again," with hints related to travel issues. The spangram for today is "TRAFFICJAM," and other answers include "CONGESTION," "GRIDLOCK," "BLOCKAGE," and "OVERCROWDING."

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New York Times launches NYT Strands puzzle game with daily themes and Spangrams (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

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New York Times launches Strands puzzle with travel theme and spangram for February 22 (digitaltrends.com)

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New York Times reveals hints and answers for February 22 Strands puzzle (sea.mashable.com)

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New York Times Strands game features traffic theme in puzzle #356 (tomsguide.com)

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New York Times Strands puzzle for February 22 features traffic theme (cnet.com)

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New York Times Strands game hints and answers for February 22 (techradar.com)

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New York Times launches Strands puzzle with theme 'To infinity and beyond' on February 21 (digitaltrends.com)

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New York Times Strands puzzle features Toy Story theme on February 21 (comingsoon.net)

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New York Times launches Strands puzzle with sweet theme and spangram for February 19 (digitaltrends.com)

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New York Times Strands puzzle highlights berry prefixes for February 19 (me.mashable.com)

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NYT Strands puzzle highlights fruits with common suffix on February 19 (comingsoon.net)

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New York Times launches February 17 Strands puzzle themed 'Sun shade' (timesnownews.com)

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New York Times launches Strands puzzle with sun shade theme for February 17 (digitaltrends.com)

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New York Times Strands puzzle for February 14 features Valentine's Day theme (cnet.com)

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