NYT Strands Clues and Solutions for August 12, 2025
If you’re reading this, you’re seeking a gentle nudge while enjoying Strands, the New York Times’ elevated word-search game. Strands invites players to explore a delightful twist on the classic word search. Words can be formed from linked letters—up, down, left, right, or diagonal—and may even shift direction, creating whimsical shapes and patterns. Every letter in the grid contributes to an answer, and there’s a unifying theme connecting each solution. Additionally, the “spangram,” a special word or phrase that encapsulates the day’s theme, spans the grid either horizontally or vertically.
Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained:
These words are ways to describe clones.
NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Spitting image. The words are twin-related.
NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?
Today’s NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.
Today’s spangram is Copy That.
Strands 101: How to win NYT’s latest word game
NYT Strands word list for today: Lookalike, Duplicate, Copy That, Replica, Facsimile, Double.
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