Strands Answers for Jan 17

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Today's Theme

That's putting it mildly!

NYT Strands Answers for Jan 17, 2026

Answer List

  • FOILEDAGAIN - (spangram)
  • CURSES
  • DRAT
  • FIDDLESTICKS
  • PHOOEY
  • TARNATION

There are 6 answers for the January 17th NYT Strands puzzle. The starting hint of the theme is "That's putting it mildly!" and the spangram describing the theme is "foiledagain." The longest word in the puzzle is "fiddlesticks" with 12 letters. The shortest word to find is "drat" with 4 letters. To see where all of the words are in the puzzle, you can view their positions above just like in the game.

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