NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, July 10 (game #494)

Date:
Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Description:
Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day
for your time zone which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Wednesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, July 9 (game #493) .

Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Strands today (game #494) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is Nap time! NYT Strands today (game #494) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. DECK TIES SWOT WORK SPRAY GUIDE NYT Strands today (game #494) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 10 letters NYT Strands today (game #494) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: left, 4th row

Last side: right, 5th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #494) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #494, are DROWSY SPENT WEARY FATIGUED TIRED KNACKERED SPANGRAM: SLEEPYHEAD My rating: Easy My score: Perfect

Yesterday it was party time! And today its nap time! Strands was obviously anticipating quite the knees up.

To be honest I am much more familiar with napping than partying, which is possibly why I made such quick work of todays word search.

I have been feeling nearly every word in todays search over the past few
days. Its not due to a lack of sleep or exhaustion due to over exercise, its because I am attempting to give up caffeine and am experiencing some quite radical side effects including feeling constantly DROWSY, SPENT, WEARY, FATIGUED, TIRED and zzzzzzzz....

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Wednesday, July 9, game #493) BALLOON BUNTING PENNANT CONFETTI STREAMER SPANGRAM: DECORATIONS What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I've got a full guide to h ow to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.



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