New York Times Strands Hints and Answers for February 22, 2025

The New York Time Games Strands has presented a whole new theme and themed words to find today. They are all hidden deep in a jumbled-up letter grid, and you need to figure them all out from just one little clue.

Today’s puzzle is particularly difficult because of the length of the words inside it. If you already know how to play Strands, and you want a hand with this puzzle, you can find everything you need in the article below.

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The NYT Games Here We Don’t Go Again Strands #356 February 22, 2025

The Strands puzzle for today has the clue Here We (Don’t) Go Again. It has five things to find: the Spangram and four themed words.

New York Times Games Strands Tips

Don’t like the in-game hints for this popular PC puzzle game because they give too much away? In the three sections, you can find spoiler-free hints to the theme of this puzzle game.

General Hint 1

General Hint 2

General Hint 3

Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands

The two expandable sections below contain spoilers for this mind-boggling puzzle game. If you want to see a single word and a screenshot of where it goes in the puzzle’s letter grid, open them up with the links below each.

Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands Here We (Don’t) Go Again

The full spoiler for today’s NYT Strands puzzle is in the section below. Open it to discover the Spangram, all the themed words, and where they are located in the puzzle.

The category for today is Traffic Jam. The words are Congestion, Gridlock, Blockage, and Overcrowding.

Today’s Strands Explained

If you’re still unsure about this free-to-play PC game called Strands, the expandable section below will help you out. It explains how the theme for today’s puzzle, the Spangram, and the clue all make sense and come together in this puzzle game.

Traffic Jam is the theme for today because all the words are about things not moving. So Here We (Don’t) Go Again is a good clue because it refers to how you don’t move in a traffic jam and so you aren’t going.

Want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Strands website, available on almost any device with a browser.

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March 4, 2024

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