NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, July 4 (game #488)

Date:
Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Description:
Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day
for your time zone which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for
Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, July 3 (game #487) .

Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Strands today (game #488) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is ... Let's have a picnic! NYT Strands today (game #488) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. BARN LORE BUGS STAR TRACE SNORE NYT Strands today (game #488) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 8 letters NYT Strands today (game #488) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: top, 4th column

Last side: bottom, 4th column

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #488) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #488, are BURGERS SALAD COLESLAW BRATS BEANS WATERMELON SPANGRAM: BARBECUE My rating: Easy My score: Perfect

I roared through todays word search at rapid speed. Most likely because Im hungry and Id love a BURGER not one from a BARBECUE, though. In my
experience thats a bad idea. But also because there was little to challenge
us here beyond the twisty-turny WATERMELON.

It may be different in the United States, where people who dont usually cook have more opportunities to practice burning meat, but in the UK a barbecue is a rare event that usually results in some form of drama caused by drinking in the sunshine alongside a long list of food hygiene infringements.

Again, most likely different in other parts of the world, but the traditional British barbecued burger is burnt to a crisp on the outside and raw,
bordering on still frozen, on the inside and served on a bun that is chemically closer to rubber than bread. Strangely, I don't feel hungry anymore.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Thursday, July 3, game #487) CHERRY COFFEE BUTTERSCOTCH BROWNIE PISTACHIO SPANGRAM: ICE CREAM What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I've got a full guide to h ow to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.



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