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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 February 5, 2025: What’s your reaction?

Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!

Whats another word for something that causes that sort of reaction?

BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Strands puzzle!

Completed NYT Strands board for February 5, 2024: What’s your reaction?

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

What is the spangram in todays Strands?

Todays spangram is ALLERGENS.

What are the theme words in todays Strands?

The theme words today are: LATEX, DANDER, DUST, POLLEN, FRAGRANCE, MOLD, SMOKE.

Im not sure thats right yet, though.

I see LATE in the upper left corner, and its not a hitoh, but LATEX is.

I see, so were probably looking at things that may cause anallergicreaction.

POLLEN is in the bottom left corner.

ALLERGENS, the spangram, zig-zags down the center of the puzzle.

DANDER is below LATEX.

DUST completes the left half of the puzzle.

FRAGRANCE is in the upper right corner.

MOLD is below that.

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’ve got the option to’t run out of guesses, and there is no time limit.