#316Monday, January 13, 2025
Strands answers for January 13, 2025 — “Hole foods” (#316)
Spoilers below — this page is the full record for this puzzle
The NYT Strands spangram for January 13, 2025 (puzzle #316) is BAGELS, a 6-letter answer to the theme "Hole foods". The 6 theme words are BLUEBERRY, EVERYTHING, GARLIC, PLAIN, RAISIN and SESAME.
Where is each answer on the January 13 Strands board?
Strands #316 resolves to these 6 theme words plus the spangram BAGELS.
The table gives the start square, end square and travel direction of all 7 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.
| Answer | Letters | Starts | Ends | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLUEBERRY | 9 | row 2, column 3 | row 3, column 1 | diagonally across the grid |
| EVERYTHING | 10 | row 4, column 2 | row 4, column 4 | diagonally across the grid |
| GARLIC | 6 | row 8, column 4 | row 8, column 6 | diagonally across the grid |
| PLAIN | 5 | row 1, column 6 | row 2, column 5 | diagonally across the grid |
| RAISIN | 6 | row 5, column 1 | row 5, column 6 | left to right |
| SESAME | 6 | row 8, column 3 | row 7, column 2 | diagonally across the grid |
| BAGELS | 6 | row 4, column 6 | row 4, column 1 | right to left |
What did the January 13 Strands grid look like?
The grid below is six letters wide and eight rows deep, with every answer traced through the letters it uses.
Spangram — 6 letters6 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 R-E-E-U-L-P, row 2 reads R-B-B-L-N-A, row 3 reads Y-V-E-R-Y-I, row 4 reads S-E-N-G-T-B, row 5 reads R-L-I-H-A-N, row 6 reads M-A-E-G-I-L, row 7 reads A-E-I-S-R-I, and row 8 reads S-E-S-G-A-C.
How hard was the January 13 Strands puzzle?
The difficulty index rates puzzle #316 as average: it sits at the 34th percentile of every Strands grid to date.
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 13 Strands puzzle?
Strands puzzle #316 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 13 Strands puzzle
What was the clue for Strands on January 13, 2025?
The Strands clue for January 13, 2025 is “Hole foods”, on puzzle #316. It is answered by the spangram BAGELS, and all 6 theme words that day belong to that idea.
What were the Strands words on January 13, 2025?
The 6 Strands theme words for January 13, 2025 are BLUEBERRY, EVERYTHING, GARLIC, PLAIN, RAISIN and SESAME, plus the spangram BAGELS.
What was the big word in the January 13, 2025 Strands?
The big word — the spangram — for January 13, 2025 is BAGELS, 6 letters long, running from row 4, column 6 to row 4, column 1. It is the one word that touches two opposite sides of the board and states the theme outright.
What did the Strands theme “Hole foods” mean?
The Strands theme “Hole foods” for January 13, 2025 means BAGELS — that is what the spangram spells, and every one of the 6 theme words is an example of it.
How many theme words are in Strands January 13, 2025?
Strands puzzle #316 has 6 theme words plus one spangram, and together they use all 48 letters on the board exactly once.
How difficult was the January 13, 2025 Strands puzzle?
Strands #316 rates average on a computed index, harder than 34% of every Strands puzzle published since March 2024.
What number was the Strands puzzle on January 13, 2025?
The Strands puzzle published on Monday, January 13, 2025 is #316, 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.