Need help with today's NYT Strands? Today's puzzle theme, "Auto Suggestions," is difficult to decipher and requires special knowledge to decipher.

Below are the clues and answers to Strands #131. Please read on if you need a little help, as we will start with a few hints before we get to the full solution of Strands #131.

WARNING: There are spoilers for Strands #131.

The official theme for NYT Strands #131 is... "Autosuggestions."

And here's an unofficial hint from me: "Friends on Four Wheels."

If you're still in the dark, here are some useful words that will give you valuable hint tokens:

Still struggling? Spangram gives you a hint on conjunctions. Today it starts with a "C" and ends with an "S."

Scroll down to see what it is.

CARMODELS.

Now, what's the answer to today's strand?

Drumroll, please.

... Spangram was CARMODELS.

Strands #131

"Auto suggestion"

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Hey Strands fans. I have been looking for a clue for today's puzzle ever since I found out what the subject "auto-suggestion" means. I don't know much about cars, so I always end up feeling cramped in CARMODELS-themed puzzles.

In fact, the first words I put on the board were purely coincidental, as I found CHARGER and EQUINOX in the top section of the board.

I did not know what the two words had in common. But the presence of these two words allowed me to find a spangram of CARMODELS spelled from left to right just below, and I got two words I had heard of: CHARGER and EXPLORER.

But the last two didn't sound familiar, at least at a quick glance, so I had to use a hint; SOUL came out right, so getting the last OUTBACK was easy.

Too bad I had to use a hint, but when you don't know much about the Strands theme you can't help it...

Are you reading this late in the day? The full article on Strands' solution to yesterday's game #130 can be found here.