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Alan Martin

NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #322 (Sunday, January 19 2025)

NYT Strands on a cellphone.
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Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "I get the message" — isn't too hard to figure out, once you have a few answers on the board.

Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #322, as well as the answers, should it come to that. We'll start off with some clues, before building up to the full answer for Strands #322, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #322.

Today's NYT Strands answer — Today's theme and hints

The official theme for NYT Strands #322 is... "I get the message".

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Digital messaging".

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words to give you those valuable clue tokens:

  • BENT
  • STEMS
  • SEAR
  • TALES
  • DOZEN
  • SHIRE
  • FATS

Still struggling? The spangram will give you a hint about the connection word. Today, it starts with E and ends with L.

Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's EMAILLABEL.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #322?

Drumroll, please...

  • SENT
  • SPAM
  • INBOX
  • DRAFTS
  • STARRED
  • TRASH
  • SNOOZED
(Image credit: Alan Martin)

...and the spangram was CAPTAIN.

Strands #322

“I get the message”

💡🔵💡🔵

🔵🔵🔵🔵

🔵🟡

Hi Strands fans. I'm ashamed to say that, despite being a technology writer by trade, today's theme being email focused didn't click until I'd been given a couple of clues. I blame feeling slightly fluey.

Those clues revealed SENT and SPAM. And at first, I thought this might actually be about text messaging more generally, until I got INBOX in the top-left corner. With DRAFTS spelt backwards directly below it, I finally had a good grip on what the topic was about.

But even then, I wasn't exactly firing on all cylinders. Still, I eventually spotted STARRED in the top-right corner, followed by TRASH spelt backwards from the bottom up along the middle.

I then located SNOOZED in the bottom-right corner, which just left the spangram to bag: EMAILLABEL spelt from top to bottom along the middle of the grid.

Yesterday's Strands answers

Reading this in a later time zone? You can find the full article on yesterday's Strands answers for game #321 right here.

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