Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you hate to rush.

Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search.

Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase that sums up that day's theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.

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By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.

If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.

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NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: No rush

The words are related to sluggishness.

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Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words describe moving without haste.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?