If you’re finding it hard to spot words in NYT’s latest word game, then check out these Strands hints today. Those bored with sensational games like Wordle and Connections are turning their attention to Strands for a challenging new experience. If you are one of them and struggling with Strands, we can get you sorted. To help you out, we have included the hints, answers, and Spangram for today’s Strands on February 1, 2025.
Today’s Strands Theme for February 1
Before we jump to the theme, it’s imperative to tell you that NYT Strands is a fairly new NYT Game that involves word search.
The theme for today’s Strands on February 1, 2025, is — Hunt and peck
NYT Strands Hint for Today
The hint for today’s Spangram for Strands — a group of large, strong birds of prey that feed on smaller animals.
Once you’ve decrypted the Spangram, finding the theme words for today’s Strands is quite easy. If you still can’t figure it out, we’ve included hints for a couple of theme words below, including one from the top half and another from the bottom half of the board.
Spoiler Warning:
Scroll past this point AT YOUR OWN RISK. Hints and answers for today’s Strands below.
To make it easy for you to solve this puzzle on your own without having to scroll down to view the answers, here are some of the Strands hints that may help you:
- Hint #1: a large fish-eating bird of prey with long, narrow wings, dark brown upper body and a pure white underside; starts with the letter “O” and ends with “Y”.
- Hint #2: a species of Old World predatory birds with rapidly beating wings; starts with the letter “K” and ends with “L”.
Strands Spangram Position: Is It Vertical or Horizontal?
The Spangram for today’s Strands doesn’t feature any kind of twists and turns, but it’s – DIAGONAL.
We will help you to decipher today’s answer by providing the locations of the first and last letters of today’s Spangram below:
- First letter: Column 1, Row 2
- Last letter: Column 6, Row 8
Do you also solve Wordle and Connections every day? Our posts for Wordle hints for Feb 1 and Connections hints for Feb 1 include helpful hints and answers to these puzzles.
Today’s Strands Spangram Answer
The Spangram answer for today’s Strands #335 on February 1, 2025, is — Raptors
Today’s Strands Answers: Words List
So, what are the answers for NYT Strands on February 1, 2025? Find out below:
- HAWK
- EAGLE
- FALCON
- VULTURE
- OSPREY
- CONDOR
- KESTREL
Today’s Strands was pretty easy, as it features common names for various birds of prey. As soon as I saw today’s theme, I could easily spot the first couple of theme words, HAWK and EAGLE, which eventually helped me crack the Spangram first and then solve the remaining theme words.
Yesterday’s Strands Answers
Lost all perspective of time, did you? Is this not the Strands game you want to solve? Perhaps you are looking for hints and answers to Strands game #334 from January 31, 2025. In that case, you can find NYT Strands hints for January 31 here.
How did today’s Strands game pan out for you? Please share your thoughts in the comments below. See you for the next one tomorrow.
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