NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Thursday, July 11 (game #130)

Our clues will help you solve the NYT's Strands today and keep that streak going

10 Jul 2024, 23:02 · TechRadar

News By Marc McLaren published 10 July 2024

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I thoroughly enjoyed playing today's Strands puzzle from the NYT, so I recommend you give it a try yourself. Though thinking about it, if you weren't going to do that you wouldn't be on this page anyway, so I'll shut up. Either way, have fun!

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

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Your Strands expertMarc McLaren

Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief and has been obsessed with Wordle and its ilk for more than two years. He's authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar, including a daily today's Wordle answer column and a detailed analysis of the most common letters in Wordle in every position. He's also played every Wordle ever and only lost once and yes, he takes it all too seriously.

NYT Strands today (game #130) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Loaded lunch

NYT Strands today (game #130) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

BACK
BOTCH
RODE
ROTTED
DRIVE
PRIDE

NYT Strands today (game #130) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

• Over ready

NYT Strands today (game #130) - hint #4 - spangram position

What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

• First: top, 2nd column

• Last: bottom, 2nd column

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #130) - the answers

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #130, are…

BUTTER
CHILI
BACON
CHIVES
CHEDDAR
BROCCOLI
SPANGRAM: BAKEDPOTATO

My rating: Moderate
My score: Perfect

A baked potato is objectively one of the best mini-meals in existence, so I enjoyed this Strands puzzle from the NYT. Not that I realized what the connection here was until relatively late on in the game; I'd already found BUTTER, CHILI, BACON and CHIVES before getting the spangram, and at that point all I knew was that clearly there was some kind of food thing going on here.

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