NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, July 5 (game #489)

Date:
Fri, 04 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 Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday,
July 4 (game #488) .

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 #489) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is Every second counts NYT Strands today (game #489) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. PERSON HOME ROOT SHAKE SWOON MATE NYT Strands today (game #489) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 11 letters NYT Strands today (game #489) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: left, 4th row

Last side: right, 6th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #489) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #489, are CLOCK WATCH CHRONOMETER HOURGLASS SUNDIAL SPANGRAM: TIMEKEEPERS My rating: Hard My score: 1 hint

My first thought when I saw the theme every second counts was the TV show The Bear , as that phrase has appeared many times across all four seasons.

However, I soon realized that was very niche and we were actually looking for a much more literal interpretation.

Suffering a bad case of letter blindness, I took a hint after finding dozens of words that we werent looking for. CLOCK unlocked the rest of the board in
a matter of minutes.

Until this puzzle, I didnt actually realize what a CHRONOMETER was, I just thought it was a posh wristwatch. But the main thing this search got me thinking about is how we build our entire life around time, but we have so
few TIMEKEEPERS as evidenced by the fact that this search includes SUNDIAL and HOURGLASS. Its almost as if we havent got enough time to invent new ways to keep time.

How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Friday, July 4, game #488) BURGERS SALAD COLESLAW BRATS
BEANS WATERMELON SPANGRAM: BARBECUE 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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