NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #314 (Saturday, January 11 2025)

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Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "Say when..." — is pretty easy once you have an answer or two on the board.

Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #314, 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 #314, so read on if you need a little help.

Warning: Spoilers lie ahead for Strands #314.

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

The official theme for NYT Strands #314 is... "Say when...".

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "What ____ is it?".

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

GRIEVE
SILK
BRIE
WORK
RIND
KILT
NOOK

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

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Scroll down to find out what it is...

It's TIMING.

Today's Strands answers

So, what are today's Strands answers for game #314?

Drumroll, please...

DAWN
DUSK
NOON
EVENING
MORNING
TWILIGHT
DAYBREAK

...and the spangram was TIMING.

Strands #314

“Say when ...”

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Hi Strands fans. Today's theme seems rather vague, until you get an answer on the board, when it becomes all too easy.

I needed a clue for the first answer, which was revealed to be DAWN in the top-left corner. I then saw DUSK on the opposite side, and it was clear what the puzzle was all about.

I added NOON on the left-hand side, and EVENING in the bottom right-hand corner, before connecting MORNING near the top of the grid. I was now in a position to get the spangram: TIMING, written diagonally backwards from right to left.

That left two words to find. TWILIGHT was on the right-hand side of the board, while DAYBREAK was southwest of it.