In today's puzzle, there are nine theme words to find (including the spangram). Hint: The first one can be found in the top half of the board. Here are the first two letters for each word: Today's spangram answer on Friday, January 31, 2025, is FIRSTWORDS.

The New York Times' Strands puzzle is a daily game where players find themed words and a spangram on a letter grid. Today's theme is "Baby talk", the spangram is FIRSTWORDS, and the words are YUCKY, MAMA,

Need some assistance with NYT Strands today? Today's theme — "Show of hands" — is a rather cunning play on words. Below, we've compiled some useful hints for Strands #332, as well as the answers, should it come to that.