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Today’sStrandspuzzle presents another difficult challenge from the New York Times Games. The objective remains clear: identify all theme-related words in the letter grid while utilizing each letter exactly once, guided only by a single cryptic clue.
This deceptively simple task often proves challenging even for those who knowhow to playStrandswell. For those requiring assistance, this article provides all sorts of support, ranging from thematic suggestions to the complete solution. This allows you to select the level of help appropriate for your current progress with the puzzle.
The NYT Games Strands Get The Bug #396 July 18, 2025
TheStrandspuzzle for today has the clueGet The Bug. It has seven things to find: the Spangram and six themed words.
NYT Strands Spangram Tips and Theme Hints
Searching for some help that doesn’t give away whole words of the answer of thispuzzle game? You can find spoiler-free hints in each of the three sections below, helping you to get a little closer to the answer without ruining anything.
Hint 1: What are some bug-like things?
Hint 3: ___ bug.
Spoilers for Today’s New York Times Strands
If a spoiler would be welcome to help you solve today’s puzzle, you can find two of them below. It beats having to save up non-themed words to get the same hints in thisinternet-browser-based puzzle game.
Word 2: Lightning
The Answer to the NYT Get The Bug Strands
If you want to see the whole answer for today’sNew York Times GamesStrands, you’re able to find it here. The section below has a screenshot of a completed puzzle so you can see all the words and where they belong inside the letter grid.
The category for today isEntomology. The words are Lightning, Stink, Lady, Assassin, Potato, and Doodle.
Today’s Strands Explained
If you don’t understand how all the pieces of today’s puzzle fit together, check out the section below. Inside, you can find a breakdown of how the clue, the Spangram, and all the themed words fit snugly together.
The theme for today isEntomology, which is the study of bugs. Each of the words can be followed up with the word “bug” to make a common thing or phrase, so the clueGet the Bugis perfect for this puzzle.
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