Subj : NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, July 16 (game #500) To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Tue Jul 15 2025 15:15:09 NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, July 16 (game #500) Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 14:00:00 +0000 Description: Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram. FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, July 15 (game #499) . Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints. Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game. SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Strands today (game #500) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands? Today's NYT Strands theme is Tech accessories NYT Strands today (game #500) - hint #2 - clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. STAKE LION PEST COAT STANDARDS SHARE NYT Strands today (game #500) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram? Spangram has 6 letters NYT Strands today (game #500) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches? First side: left, 4th row Last side: right, 5th row Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #500) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times) The answers to today's Strands, game #500, are CASE SPEAKER STAND STYLUS CHARGER KEYBOARD FOLIO SPANGRAM: TABLET My rating: Easy My score: Perfect Todays Strands could not have been more TechRadar-friendly considering how much we love tech accessories and write about the many different brands of TABLET. Even for the less tech savvy, this search wasnt much of a stretch and didnt include any of the usual twists and turns, just a little bit of right-to-left thinking. You will have to forgive me for putting standards in the hint words list, even though it includes STAND. Its rare that you can find a nine-letter-long non-game word, so I couldnt resist. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, July 15, game #499) GAMES MUSIC RIDES LIVESTOCK VENDORS PRIZES SPANGRAM: COUNTY FAIRS What is NYT Strands? Strands is the NYT's not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile. I've got a full guide to h ow to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day. ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hi nts-16-july-2025 --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .