NYT Strands today — hints, spangram and answers for game #417 (Thursday, ... I bought only one thing in this year’s Prime Day sales — and it’s one of the best PS5 games for animal lovers.

Strands is released at midnight in your time zone. To accommodate players around the world, we publish two Strands Sidekicks each day, based on Eastern Standard Time. If you find yourself on the wrong Sidekick, check your puzzle’s number, and go to this page to find its corresponding Sidekick post.

Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Sunday's puzzle instead ...

Strands is a tricky take on the classic word search from NYT Games. If you're stuck and cannot solve today's puzzle, we've got help and hints for you here.