Do you need help with today’s Strands puzzle? Well, I can’t guarantee this, but today’s game might leave you craving some hot food bud. So, if you are struggling, we have simple hints along with the answers to NYT Strands for July 11 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 puzzle is — Loaded Lunch
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 — spud with toppings
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: green cauliflower-like vegetable
- Hint 2: Michael Scott from The Office loves to wake to the smell of?
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 11)
Today’s Spangram
The Spangram for today’s NYT Strands puzzle is — BakedPotato.
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:
- BROCCOLI
- CHIVES
- BACON
- BUTTER
- CHILI
- CHEDDAR
The Strands puzzles have been rather easy recently. I promise I didn’t salivate when I read Lunch in the theme today, but I found BROCCOLI on the right edge and BUTTER on the right fairly quickly. I also connected the letters to make BACON and CHILI right below and above Butter, respectively.
I repeatedly kept going back to Baked, but the Spangram didn’t click for me. I then stumbled upon CHIVES in the top right, followed by Potato in the middle. However, Potato wasn’t the answer so I connected the letters from the top to the bottom to surprisingly reveal today’s Spangram – BAKED POTATO. Finally, I found CHEDDAR at the bottom right corner to wrap up the 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 10 Strands puzzle, find yesterday’s NYT Strands answers.
How difficult do you think today’s puzzle was on a scale of 1-10? Let us know your in the comments below.
Sanmay Chakrabarti
