Struggling to crack NYT Strands‘ January 29 edition? Here’s some assistance, hints, and answers for conveniently solving today’s puzzle. Each day, players are presented with a six-by-eight grid for word-seeking. At first, they must find the central theme, followed by the spangram. For the unversed, a spangram is the theme’s description that stretches across the opposing sides of the grid. Then, players must note down words associated with today’s theme and start locating them on the grid. If you get stuck while solving the puzzle, this article will help you out. Now, without any further ado, here is some help for today’s Strands.
Strands hint and theme for January 29
Today’s Theme: Show of Hands
Theme’s hint: The term refers to a performer, who leverages his hands or strings to control objects and entertain people. Another hint is: Jim Henson.
What are the Strands answers for today, January 29?
The spangram theme is PUPPETMASTER.
- The ‘P’ is the last column’s first word and the word ends in the sixth row.
- The word refers to a performer, who uses strings or hands to control and move puppets for people’s amusement. Jim Henson is considered as a popular puppeteer, having created the Muppets.
The list of words is as follows:
- SOCK – The ‘S’ can be found in the first row and the word completes in the same row, where ‘K’ is located.
- GLOVE – The ‘G’ is in the second last column.
- STICK – The ‘S’ is in the last column and completes the word in the third column.
- FINGER – The ‘F’ is located in the last row and forms the word in a flipped ‘C’ manner.
- SHADOW – The ‘S’ is in the second column and the last letter can be seen in the first column.
- MARIONETTE – The ‘M’ can be found in the first column and the word stretches up to the first row’s first letter.
