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Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Strands answers.

And farther down the page, Ill reveal the spangram and the answers.

NYT Strands board for July 25, 2024: All that jazz.

Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!

Todays words are especially tricky without some background knowledge.

BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Strands puzzle!

Completed NYT Strands board for July 25, 2024: All that jazz.

Were about to give away the answers to todays Strands puzzle.

What is the spangram in todays Strands?

Todays spangram is SUBGENRE.

What are the theme words in todays Strands?

but I think its more likely to be jazz themed.

Perhaps Ill find words like saxophone.

Maybe its musical genres?

I see the word FUSION in the upper left corner, and thats a hit.

COOL is in the bottom right.

Maybe its just words associated with jazz more broadly?

Oh, Ive got it: theyre all jazz subgenres, and thats the spangram: SUBGENRE.

FUNK is below the spangram on the right.

BEBOP runs up the bottom middle.

The bottom left corner is tripping me up: GRATIME?

SWING is in the upper right.

ACID is below that.

Finally, after some more random pecking, MODAL.

Your job is to find the hidden words within the board that reflect the puzzles theme.

When you find the spangram, it will be highlighted in yellow.

Solving the spangram usually makes the rest of the puzzle much easier to complete.

There is only one correct solution.

How to win Strands

Unlike Connections and Wordle, you cannot fail Strands.

you’ve got the option to’t run out of guesses, and there is no time limit.