Do you need help with today’s Strands puzzle? Well, with today’s puzzle, I suggest you try speaking out the words to find the next one. Get the hint? If not, don’t worry as have simple hints along with the answers to NYT Strands for July 14 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 — Say my name.
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 — same pronunciation
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: a strong gust of wind
- Hint 2: what everything is made of
- Hint 3: happy
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 14)
Today’s Spangram
The Spangram for today’s NYT Strands puzzle is — HOMOPHONES.
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:
- GALE
- MERRY
- HAIRY
- PEAT
- FILL
- WHINNY
- ATOM
- RUSTLE
Today’s puzzle was another oddball and sadly saw me using hints to solve it. To start off, I quickly found the words MERRY and GALE at the top right. Next, I stumbled upon HAIRY at the bottom right. And this is when I found myself stuck.
After staring at the grid for a good five minutes, I clicked the Hint button and got the word PEAT, which made me see the word “Homo” next to it. So, I started connecting the letter and stumbled upon today’s Spangram — HOMOPHONES.
Finding the remaining words was a simple task, with FILL being the one singled out on the right. Then, I connected ATOM, RUSTLE, and WHINNY (it required a few tries) to complete the puzzle today.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers
If you have arrived here by mistake and are looking for the answers and the Spangram to the July 13 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.
Comments
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Three of the answers were NOT homophones for names, which made it tricky. Hairy, Merry and Atom are not said like Harry, Mary and Adam.