NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, July 13 (game #497)

Date:
Sat, 12 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
Saturday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, July 12 (game #496) .

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 #497) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is Completely fabricated NYT Strands today (game #497) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. SAND AXEL KILO LOST NOTE RAIN NYT Strands today (game #497) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 8 letters NYT Strands today (game #497) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: bottom, 3rd column

Last side: top, 4th column

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #497) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #497, are LINEN WOOL SILK COTTON RAYON POLYESTER SPANGRAM: TEXTILES My rating: Hard My score: 3 hints

A real muddle through Strands for me today, with three hints needed to get things done and a head scratcher at the end before I finally saw that the
word we were looking for was POLYESTER.

I really wasnt on my game today. I even connected the letters of non-game
word woollen and completely missed WOOL feeling like a right fool when the hint gave me exactly that.

I guess if you get the puzzle done its all immaterial. I hope you found it easier.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday, July 12, game #496) GLOVE PEANUTS HELMET PITCHER BULLPEN JAMBOTRON SPANGRAM: STADIUM 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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