NYT Strands hints, answers for July 24

If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.

By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.

If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Screen time

These words pair great with a blockbuster.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

The hint describes what you would find at the movies.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is vertical.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today's spangram is MovieTheater.

NYT Strands word list for July 24

• Projector

• Popcorn

• MovieTheater

• Candy

• Feature

• Trailers

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