Strandshas a whole grid filled with words that follow a specific theme. It’s your job to figure out the theme and find all eight words inside the letter grid while using every single letter only once. While you may charge up some hints by finding non-themed words hidden in the puzzle, sometimes a puzzle just has you completely stumped.
If you are stuck on the July 27, 2025, brain-teaser and need more than the occasional hint therules ofStrandsallow for, you can find a bunch of helpful tips below. In this article, there are general clues, some spoilers, and even the full answer to the puzzle if you want to see it.
The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #183 July 05, 2025
The July 02, 2025,Strandspuzzle has the clueOrder in the Court!It has eight total things to find: one Spangram category and seven themed words.
New York Times Games Strands Clues
If a couple of clues with no spoilers in them would help you solve thismobile puzzle game, check out the three sections below. Each one has a spoiler-free hint that will get you thinking about the theme in a slightly different way.
General Hint 1
Hint 1: What are all the meanings of the word court?
Hint 3: Names of Lords and Ladies.
Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands
Each of the two expandable sections below has one spoiled word along with a screenshot of where it goes in puzzle’s grid. To uncover them, press the Read More button underneath each.
Word 2: Queen
The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands
The full answer to this New York Times Games puzzle game is in the section below. Inside the covered-up section will be a list of all the hidden words, the Spangram, and a screenshot of a completed version of thisbrowser-based puzzle game.
The category for today isTitles. The words are Knight, Duchess, Viscount, Esquire, Baron, Queen, and Earl.
Today’s Strands Explained
The expandable section below has an explanation for thismobile puzzle game similar toWordleand the clue. If you want to understand the theme better and how it relates to the clue and the themed words, take a peek inside.
The clueOrder in the Court!is referring to how people withTitlesmake up a royal court. Each of the words is a different kind of noble or someone who serves a noble, thus is part of court.
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