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Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Strands answers.

And farther down the page, Ill reveal the spangram and the answers.

NYT Strands board for January 18, 2025: O ___! My ___!

Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!

Its the title of a Walt Whitman poem.

BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Strands puzzle!

Completed NYT Strands board for January 18, 2024: O ___! My ___!

Were about to give away the answers to todays Strands puzzle.

What is the spangram in todays Strands?

Todays spangram is CAPTAIN.

What are the theme words in todays Strands?

The theme words today are: CRUNCH, KANGAROO, PLANET, HOOK, UNDERPANTS, OBVIOUS.

which is the name ofa Walt Whitman poem.

That doesnt help me all that much, thoughare we looking for other poem titles?

Or, because Captain is blanked out, maybe were looking for synonyms for that word?

TOOK, TORAH, VAIN, BONK, RANGE, ORANGE, ANKH, and STAIN are non-theme words.

Oh, but CRUNCH is!

And theres CAPTAIN across the center, the spangram.

HOOKis above the right side of the spangram.

PLANETcuts across the top of the puzzle from right to left.

KANGAROOcompletes the top half.

Hmm, not sure about this bottom half yet.

I dont see Nemo, America, or anything else I recognize.

Lastly, and somewhat ironically, OBVIOUS.

Your job is to find the hidden words within the board that reflect the puzzles theme.

When you find the spangram, it will be highlighted in yellow.

Solving the spangram usually makes the rest of the puzzle much easier to complete.

There is only one correct solution.

How to win Strands

Unlike Connections and Wordle, you cannot fail Strands.

you could’t run out of guesses, and there is no time limit.