Do you need help with today’s NYT Strands puzzle? Well, if you’ve seen children’s movies, bet you have, then you won’t find today’s game to be too easy. But if you’re struggling, we have simple hints along with the answers to NYT Strands for July 10 below.
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:
- Using your mouse or fingers (if on a touchscreen), you need to connect letters on a grid to form words. You can drag your mouse to connect letters vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.
- Look for the Spangram or the central theme word, which will help you make more sense of the Strands theme.
- Apart from the Spangram, you need to find other theme words in the puzzle, finding all of which will solve the puzzle.
However, if you want detailed tips and tricks, check out our guide on how to play NYT Strands.
Today’s Theme for NYT Strands
As revealed by the New York Times, the theme for today’s Strands is — In Neverland
What are the Hints for Today’s Strands
Spoiler Warning:
Even though we try our best to be subtle, the hints below might partially spoil the experience. You’ve been warned. Scroll slowly.
Every Strands game has that one Spangram you need to decipher and today’s was no exception.
The hint for today’s Spangram — leader of Neverland
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:
- Hint 1: woman with a fishtail
- Hint 2: wooden leg and eyepatch
We’ve got you covered if you want to check out more word puzzles. Check out the hints and answers for today’s NYT Connections as well as today’s Wordle right here.
Today’s NYT Strands Answers (July 10)
Today’s Spangram
The Spangram for today’s NYT Strands puzzle is — PeterPan.
Today’s Answers
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:
- HOOK
- DARLING
- MERMAID
- PIRATES
- LAGOON
- CROCODILE
The theme today shared by NYT Editors is a huge hint, and you will have no difficulty completing the puzzle without using any hints. Scanning the grid, I quickly found HOOK and PIRATES on the left side. Above Hook, I connected the letters to make the words DARLING and MERMAID at the top.
This helped me single out the Spangram for today, PeterPan, which runs from left to right. Then, I simply had to connect the remaining letters to make LAGOON and CROCODILE to finish today’s puzzle.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers
If you have arrived here by mistake and are looking for the answers and the Spangram to the July 9 Strands puzzle, find yesterday’s NYT Strands answers.
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