NYT Strands today — my hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, January 19 (game #322)

NYT Strands homescreen on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

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Hint #1: Today's theme
Hint #2: Clue words
Hint #3: Spangram
Hint #4: Spangram position
Today's answers
Yesterday's answers

Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Strands today (game #322) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… I get the message

NYT Strands today (game #322) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

BONE
RAFT
DRAFT
LAZE
SALE
ARREST

NYT Strands today (game #322) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Mail organization

NYT Strands today (game #322) - hint #4 - spangram position

What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: top, 3rd column

Last side: bottom, 4th column

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #322) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 322 on a blue background — (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #322, are…

SPAM
SENT
INBOX
TRASH
DRAFTS
STARRED
SNOOZED
SPANGRAM: EMAIL LABEL

My rating: Easy
My score: 1 hint

Sometimes it’s hard to find words to get hints, but today’s puzzle was absolutely loaded with them. Probably due to the ordinariness of the words we were looking for.

The early days of office email were much more fun than the strictly business messaging of today, when our INBOX is forever fighting a battle against SPAM and phishing emails.

Back in the day when there was less traffic and you could actually tame your messages, emails brought us Friday listicles and jokes. Occasionally, the most brilliant thing would happen when someone would accidentally send a personal email to everyone in the entire company. That kind of error could destroy a person’s career, but everyone else would get the buzz of enjoying someone else’s snafu that could all too easily have been theirs.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday, 18 January, game #321)

PLANET
HOOK
CRUNCH
OBVIOUS
KANGAROO
UNDERPANTS
SPANGRAM: CAPTAIN

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I've got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.

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Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna's addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.

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