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NYT Strands for Tuesday, November 18, 2025, is game #625, with the theme “All mixed up.” Start with the hints below if you want to solve it yourself; the complete word list and spangram are farther down.
Hints for Strands #625
Use these clues in order, stopping before the answers if you want to avoid spoilers.
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- Theme: “All mixed up.”
- Optional clue words: DRAB, BLAME, COOL, CHAT, HATE, and DRIES. Finding three unrelated words unlocks an in-game hint that highlights letters in a theme word.
- Spangram length: 10 letters.
- Spangram path: It touches the left edge at row six and the right edge at row four.
How to use Strands hints
Strands is a daily themed word-search game. Words can bend in any direction across the grid. Finding three words that are not theme answers earns a hint, which highlights letters belonging to a theme word. Each puzzle also has a spangram: a word or phrase that captures the theme and stretches between opposite edges of the grid.
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Today’s Strands answers
Spoilers below: the complete answer key for Tuesday, November 18, 2025, is listed here.
- SCRAMBLED
- JUMBLED
- CHAOTIC
- SHUFFLED
- MUDDLED
Today’s spangram
The spangram is OUTOFORDER (OUT OF ORDER), a 10-letter phrase that fits the “All mixed up” theme. It runs from the left edge at row six to the right edge at row four.
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