NYT Strands Today — Hints, Answers and Spangram for Thursday, July 25 (Game #144)
PSA: Today’s Strands are a tricky one, unless you’re familiar with the theme in question. I won’t say more than that you’ll find some hints below – and you might need them today.
Want more word-based fun? Check out my Wordle Today, NYT Connections Today, and Quordle Today pages for hints and answers for those games.
SPOILER ALERT: Below is information about today’s NYT Strands. So don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands Today (Game #144) – Hint #1 – Today’s Theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• The theme of today’s NYT Strands is… All that jazz
NYT Strands Today (Contest #144) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the hint system in the game.
- SOUL
- SOME
- SINUS
- WINGS
- DIE
- AFFAIRS
NYT Strands Today (Contest #144) – Hint #3 – Spangram
What’s a hint for today’s spangram?
• Friendly of blue?
NYT Strands Today (Contest #144) – Hint #4 – Spangram Position
Which two sides of the board are affected by today’s spangram?
• First: left, 5th row
• Last: right, 4th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Contest #144) – The Answers
The answers to today’s Strands question, game #144, are…
- SWING SET
- FUNK
- MERGER
- PICKLES
- COOL
- BEBOP
- MODAL
- RAGTIME
- SPANGRAM: SUBGENRE
- My score: Difficult
- My score: 3 tips
I’m not a jazz guy. I’ve tried, but I’ve never succeeded. And that made today’s Strands pretty tough.
Seriously, it took me three clues to solve it and even then I had to spend a lot of time trying permutations of letters to find the last pair. I’ve heard of most of these SUBGENRES, as the spangram would have it, but not MODAL or COOL, and I didn’t know that BEBOP or RAGTIME were jazz.
I also have a problem with the spangram, which doesn’t seem to be specific to jazz in any way. There are subgenres in almost all types of music, so why are we using a spangram here?
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Yesterday’s Answers to the NYT Strands (Wednesday, July 24, Contest #143)
- SWEETS
- POPCORN
- FUNCTION
- PROJECTOR
- TRAILERS
- SPANGRAM: CINEMA
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the new word game from the NYT, after Wordle and Connections. It is now out of beta and is therefore a full member of the NYT stable of games and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a complete guide to playing NYT Strands, complete with tips to solve the game. If you are having a hard time beating the game every day, you can definitely check it out.
