If you are viewing this, you are in search of help with Strands, the New York Times’ sophisticated word-search game.

Strands presents players with an innovative take on the classic word search. Words can be created from contiguous letters in any direction, including diagonally, and can alter their direction, forming intriguing patterns. Every letter in the grid contributes to an answer. A theme links all solutions, along with the “spangram,” a unique word or phrase that embodies the day’s theme and spans the grid entirely either horizontally or vertically.

By giving an ambiguous hint and not supplying a word list, Strands offers a puzzle that is more challenging and takes longer to complete than other games such as Wordle and Connections.

If you find yourself at a standstill or lack 10 minutes to crack today’s puzzle, we have all the NYT Strands hints necessary for you to advance at your own speed.

NYT Strands hint for the theme today: Step to it! The words pertain to school.

Today’s NYT Strands theme clarification: These words relate to learning choreography.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal? Today’s spangram is horizontal.

NYT Strands spangram answer for today: Today’s spangram is Dance Class.

NYT Strands word list for July 25:
– Teacher
– Recital
– Costume
– Dance Class
– Choreography
– Music

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