NYT Strands Today: Hints, Answers & Spangram for August 13

Do you need help with today’s Strands puzzle? Well, if you are struggling with today’s game, we have simple hints along with the answers to NYT Strands for August 13 below.

How to Play NYT Strands

Before we get to the puzzle, here’s a quick rundown of how to play NYT Strands for new players:

• Using your mouse or fingers (if on a touchscreen), you need to connect letters on a grid to form words. You can drag your mouse to connect letters vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.
• Look for the Spangram or the central theme word, which will help you make more sense of the Strands theme.
• Apart from the Spangram, you need to find other theme words in the puzzle, finding all of which will solve the puzzle.

However, if you want detailed tips and tricks, check out our guide on how to play NYT Strands.

Today’s Theme for NYT Strands

The theme for today’s Strands on August 13 is — Look it up!

What are the Hints for Today’s Strands

Spoiler Warning:

Even though we try our best to be subtle, the hints below might partially spoil the experience. You’ve been warned. Scroll slowly.

Every Strands game has that one Spangram you need to decipher and today’s was no exception. So, check out the hint for the August 13th Strands Spangram below:

The hint for today’s Spangram — information source

If you have figured out the Spangram from the above hint, figuring out the theme words will be easy. However, I don’t want to ruin it for you. Instead, here are some hints that may help you:

• Hint #1: a calendar containing important dates and events
• Hint #2: a collection of words and their synonyms

We’ve got you covered if you want to check out more word puzzles. Check out the hints and answers for today’s NYT Connections as well as today’s Wordle solution right here.

Today’s NYT Strands Answers for August 13

Today’s Spangram

The Spangram for today’s NYT Strands puzzle is — Reference

Today’s Answers

If you have scrolled this far, you are probably ready to see the answers. So, let’s take a look at today’s Strands theme words in Strands:

• ATLAS
• HANDBOOK
• ALMANAC
• DICTIONARY
• THESAURUS

Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers

If you have arrived here by mistake and are looking for the answers and Spangram to yesterday’s Strands puzzle, find yesterday’s NYT Strands answers here.

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