NYT Strands for Friday, July 25, 2025, is game #509. Its theme clue is “Step to it!” Start with the hints below, then open the spoiler section for the spangram and all five theme words.
Hints for the July 25 Strands puzzle
Start with the theme
“Step to it!” Think of a place where people learn coordinated movement.
Need another nudge?
The spangram is 10 letters long. Its reported path touches the left edge at row five and the bottom edge at column five.
TechRadar lists these words as useful for unlocking in-game hints: PANTHER, HATE, STALE, GRACE, HARM, and CHAT. In Strands, finding three non-theme words of at least four letters earns a hint that highlights a theme word.
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The spangram is DANCE CLASS (also written without a space as DANCECLASS). The five other theme words are:
- CHOREOGRAPHY
- COSTUME
- MUSIC
- RECITAL
- TEACHER
TechRadar and Try Hard Guides report the same answer set, which is also listed in the July 2025 puzzle archive.
Rank #2
How Strands hints work
Strands is a themed word-search game: find words in the letter grid that fit the day’s theme. Non-theme words can help unlock hints, and each revealed hint highlights one theme word. The puzzle archive classifies this game as medium difficulty; that is the archive’s label, not a measured or universal rating.
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