NYT Strands hints, answers for November 22, 2025
Today’s NYT Strands tips are easy if you’re a college sports fan.
Strands, the New York Times‘, an elevated word search game, requires the player to perform a variation of the classic word search. Words can be made up of linked letters – up, down, left, right or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in original shapes and patterns. Each letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There is always a theme connecting each solution, as well as the “spangram”, a special word or phrase that summarizes the theme of the day and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.
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By providing an opaque clue and not providing the word list, Strands creates a puzzle game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.
If you’re feeling stuck or just don’t have 10 minutes or more to solve today’s puzzle, we’ve got all the NYT Strands tips for today’s puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.
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NYT Strands clue for today’s theme: Ivy League
The words are related to colleges.
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Today’s NYT Strands Theme Clearly Explained
These words describe college mascots
NYT Strands Spangram Index: Is It Vertical or Horizontal?
Today’s NYT Strands spangram is vertical.
NYT Strands spangram response today
Today’s spangram is Sports team.
NYT Strands word list for November 22
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Bulldogs
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Bear
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Tigers
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Sports team
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Quakers
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Crimson
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Lions
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