These words are used to describe something is not quite white. Words are shades of a neutral color. Today's NYT Strands spangram is horizontal. Today's spangram is Winter Weather. Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Strands.

It may be that you're a Wordle newcomer and you're not completely sure how to play the game. We're here to help with that too. Wordle is a deceptively simple daily word game that first emerged in 2021.

Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.