Strands Answers for Jan 25

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Today's Theme

The straight and narrow

NYT Strands Answers for Jan 25, 2026

Answer List

  • STICKYSITUATION - (spangram)
  • BATON
  • CANE
  • DOWEL
  • PICKET
  • POLE
  • POST
  • STAKE

There are 8 answers for the January 25th NYT Strands puzzle. The starting hint of the theme is "The straight and narrow" and the spangram describing the theme is "stickysituation." The longest word in the puzzle is the spangram with 15 letters. The shortest word to find is "cane" 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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