Strandshas yet another head-scratcher of a puzzle for fans of word searches to ponder over. In order to win today’s puzzle, you’ll need more than just word searching skills and a working knowledge of therules of how to playStrands; you’ll also need to know the category, know all the words inside the puzzle, and you’ll need a little bit of luck finding some of these words. If you are stuck completely and don’t want to use the in-game hint system, this article contains a whole bunch of hints to help you win this one.
The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #39 for Jul 25, 2025
The puzzle for today’sStrandscontains six items to find: five words and a Spangram. The clue for thisdifficult puzzle gameisIt’s All In Your Head!
New York Times Games Strands Clues
Searching for hints that won’t give any words away in theNew York Times GamesStrandsfor today? You can find three such clues in the expandable sections below.
Hint 3: Thoughts and nightmares.
Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands
If a word or two would help you to solve today’s puzzle, you can find two spoilers for two of the words in the puzzle. There is only one word in each expandable section, so don’t worry about spoiling them both at the same time.
Word 2: Fantasy
The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands
If you just would like to see the spoiler for thisdifficult puzzle game, look below. The answer is inside the expandable section found there; you can just press the Read More button to see it.
The category for today isMakeBelieve. The words are Reverie, Figment, Daydream, Fantasy, and Illusion.
Today’s Strands Explained
Not sure how the words, the clue, and the Spangram all go together? Check out the section below to see how they all make sense together.
The clue,It’s All In Your Head, refers to the fact that none of these words are real things. Each of them areMake Believeor things that exist only inside our brains.
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