NYT Provides Clues and Solutions for July 25, 2025

If you’re reading this, you’re looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times’ elevated word-search game. Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There’s always a theme linking every solution, along with the “spangram,” a special word or phrase that sums up that day’s theme and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically. 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.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Step to it!
The words are school-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained
These words are associated with learning choreography.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?
Today’s NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.

NYT Strands spangram answer today
Today’s spangram is Dance Class.

NYT Strands word list for July 25
– Teacher
– Recital
– Costume
– Dance Class
– Choreography
– Music

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