NYT Strands Tips and Answers for July 21

If you’re reading this, you’re looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times” elevated word search game.

By providing an opaque clue and not providing the word list, Strands creates a puzzle game that takes a bit longer to play than his other games, like Wordle and Connections.

If you’re feeling stuck or just don’t have 10 minutes or more to solve today’s puzzle, we’ve got all the NYT Strands tips for today’s puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.

NYT Strands Hint for Today’s Topic: S-Words? (A Cutting-Edge Topic!)

The allusion really hits the mark.

Today’s NYT Strands Theme Explained Clearly

The clue refers to the types of swords.

NYT Strands Spangram Index: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today’s NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.

NYT Strands response to spangram today:

Today’s spangram is Blades.

NYT Strands Word List for July 21

• Claymore

• Scimitar

• Katana

• Cutlass

• Blades

• Rapier

• Machete

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