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January 19 Strands hints
- Theme: “Shaking things up.”
- Gentler clue: “Moving around.”
- First-letter prompts: SW, QU, WA, TE, WO, TR and VI. The spangram begins LE.
- Spangram direction: Mostly vertical, according to Parade’s January 19 guide.
Spoilers: January 19 Strands answers
The puzzle has seven theme words and one spangram:
- SWAY
- QUAKE
- WAVER
- TEETER
- WOBBLE
- TREMBLE
- VIBRATE
- Spangram: LETSROCK
The answers are also listed in the WordsRated Strands archive. Together, the theme words describe rocking, shaking, swaying or moving unsteadily; LETSROCK ties them to the theme.
How Strands hints work
Parade reproduces instructions it credits to The New York Times: “Theme words fill the board entirely. No theme words overlap.” It also says the spangram describes the theme and touches two opposite sides of the board. Finding three non-theme words earns a hint: the first hint reveals the letters of a theme word, and another hint can show their order if a hint is already active.
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