NYT Strands Today – Hints, Answers & Spangram for July 21

Jul. 21, 2024



Do you need help with today’s Strands puzzle?Well, today’s puzzle needs your sharp attention. But, if you’re struggling, we have simple hints along with the answers to NYT Strands for July 21 below.

How to Play NYT Strands

How to Play NYT Strands

Before we get to the puzzle, here’s a quick rundown of how to play NYT Strands for new players:

However, if you want detailed tips and tricks, check out our guide onhow to play NYT Strands.

As revealed by the New York Times, the theme for today’s Strands is —S-words? (a cutting-edge theme!)

Spoiler Warning:

Every Strands game has that one Spangram you need to decipher and today’s was no exception. So, check out the hint below:

The hint for today’s Spangram —razor sharp.

If you have figured out the Spangram from the above hint, figuring out the theme words will be easy. However, I don’t want to ruin it for you. Instead, here are some hints that may help you:

We’ve got you covered if you want to check out more word puzzles. Check out the hints and answers fortoday’s NYT Connectionsas well astoday’s Wordleright here.

The Spangram for today’s NYT Strands puzzle is —BLADES.

If you have scrolled this far, you are probably ready to see the answers. So, let’s take a look at today’s Strands theme words in Strands:

Today’s game might take you some time to find all the answers, but it’s pretty straightforward. I had my start with CLAYMORE, which confused me about the theme. But then I quickly found CUTLASS and MACHETE, which affirmed my initial thoughts. Then, I linked the letters to form KATANA and the Spangram for today, i.e. BLADES. Now, I was left with finding RAPIER and SCIMITAR (it took me a couple of tries to get it right) to wrap up today’s Strands puzzle.

If you have arrived here by mistake and are looking for the answers and the Spangram to the July 20 Strands puzzle, findyesterday’s NYT Strands answers.

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