We'll cover exactly how to play Strands, hints for today's spangram and all of the answers for Strands #497 on Sunday, July 13. Related: 16 Games Like Wordle To Give You Your Word Game Fix More ...

Strands is a tricky take on the classic word search from NYT Games. If you're stuck and cannot solve today's puzzle, we've got help and hints for you here.

There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase that sums up that day's theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list,