NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, July 18 (game #502)

Date:
Thu, 17 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
Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, July 17 (game #501) .

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 #502) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is Abracadabra! NYT Strands today (game #502) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. SORE VILE SPITE SAILED SLIP CAMP NYT Strands today (game #502) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 8 letters NYT Strands today (game #502) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: left, 4th row

Last side: right, 1st row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #502) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #502, are ESCAPE LEVITATE MULTIPLY DISAPPEAR TRANSFORM SPANGRAM: ITS MAGIC My rating: Hard My score: 2 hints

I found todays search incredibly hard. And thats despite the fact that the very first word I saw on the board was magic (it took me a little bit longer to spot ITS MAGIC).

Ever since Penn & Teller and more recently David Blaine, magic has changed from sheer wonder to curiosity over how a trick is done we are far less likely to accept that some supernatural power is at play than previous generations, or to accept the mystery.

Because of this I struggled to think of any words that could be connected to magic. And then when I did take a hint and the letters were highlighted I struggled to find words within the twists and turns. Had Strands made them DISAPPEAR somehow? Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Thursday, July 17, game #501) BOXES MEZZANINE LOBBY BALCONY WINGS ORCHESTRA SPANGRAM: THEATERS 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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