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#313Friday, January 10, 2025

Strands answers for January 10, 2025 — “They're inseparable” (#313)

The NYT Strands spangram for January 10, 2025 (puzzle #313) is TOGETHER, a 8-letter answer to the theme "They're inseparable". The 8 theme words are ARTS, BLUES, CEREAL, CRAFTS, MILK, RHYTHM, SOAP and WATER.

ARTSBLUESCEREALCRAFTSMILKRHYTHMSOAPWATERTOGETHER

Where is each answer on the January 10 Strands board?

The 8 theme words for Strands on January 10, 2025 are listed below, followed by the spangram.

The table gives the start square, end square and travel direction of all 9 answers. Every position comes from solving the grid outright — the answers have to tile all 48 letters with no overlap and no remainder, which is what makes a single arrangement provable.

Verified board positions, Strands puzzle #313
AnswerLettersStartsEndsDirection
ARTS4row 1, column 2row 3, column 3diagonally across the grid
BLUES5row 7, column 5row 5, column 2diagonally across the grid
CEREAL6row 6, column 5row 5, column 5diagonally across the grid
CRAFTS6row 8, column 3row 6, column 6diagonally across the grid
MILK4row 3, column 6row 1, column 4diagonally across the grid
RHYTHM6row 4, column 1row 2, column 2diagonally across the grid
SOAP4row 1, column 6row 1, column 5diagonally across the grid
WATER5row 7, column 2row 6, column 1diagonally across the grid
TOGETHER8row 5, column 1row 5, column 6left to right

What did the January 10 Strands grid look like?

The Strands board for January 10, 2025 is a six-column, eight-row grid of 48 letters.

HARKPSTMTLAOHYSTIMROGEHETSEALRRERECSEWULBTTACRAF

Spangram — 8 letters8 theme words

Each line traces one answer through the letters it uses; the heavier yellow line is the spangram.

Read across the grid, row 1 reads H-A-R-K-P-S, row 2 reads T-M-T-L-A-O, row 3 reads H-Y-S-T-I-M, row 4 reads R-O-G-E-H-E, row 5 reads T-S-E-A-L-R, row 6 reads R-E-R-E-C-S, row 7 reads E-W-U-L-B-T, and row 8 reads T-A-C-R-A-F.

How hard was the January 10 Strands puzzle?

Measured against the full archive, the January 10, 2025 puzzle lands in the easy range — above 6% of all Strands puzzles.

Difficulty
6
percentile, easy
Path turns
21
direction changes
Decoy words
1158
non-theme words accepted
Mean answer
5.0
letters per theme word

Easiest puzzle ever published on the left, hardest on the right. The formula behind the score, and the ranked list of every puzzle, are on the Strands difficulty index.

Who made the January 10 Strands puzzle?

Strands puzzle #313 was edited by Tracy Bennett and constructed by Christina Iverson. Output across the whole run is broken down on who makes NYT Strands.

Common questions about the January 10 Strands puzzle

What was the clue for Strands on January 10, 2025?

The Strands clue for January 10, 2025 is “They're inseparable”, on puzzle #313. It is answered by the spangram TOGETHER, and all 8 theme words that day belong to that idea.

What were the Strands words on January 10, 2025?

The 8 Strands theme words for January 10, 2025 are ARTS, BLUES, CEREAL, CRAFTS, MILK, RHYTHM, SOAP and WATER, plus the spangram TOGETHER.

What was the big word in the January 10, 2025 Strands?

The big word — the spangram — for January 10, 2025 is TOGETHER, 8 letters long, running from row 5, column 1 to row 5, column 6. It is the one word that touches two opposite sides of the board and states the theme outright.

What did the Strands theme “They're inseparable” mean?

The Strands theme “They're inseparable” for January 10, 2025 means TOGETHER — that is what the spangram spells, and every one of the 8 theme words is an example of it.

How many theme words are in Strands January 10, 2025?

Strands puzzle #313 has 8 theme words plus one spangram, and together they use all 48 letters on the board exactly once.

How difficult was the January 10, 2025 Strands puzzle?

Strands #313 rates easy on a computed index, harder than 6% of every Strands puzzle published since March 2024.

What number was the Strands puzzle on January 10, 2025?

The Strands puzzle published on Friday, January 10, 2025 is #313, counting from the game's launch on March 4, 2024.


Today’s puzzle and its hint ladder are on the front page. This puzzle sits in January 2025, part of the full Strands archive.