Strandshas a whole new 6x8 letter grid to find a bunch of themed words inside. This word-search puzzle might seem simple at first blush, but it can get challenging to figure out the theme and what words could fit both in the theme and the letter grid.
If you are already familiar with therules ofStrands, but you need help with today’s puzzle, you can find it below. This article contains general hints, spoilers, the answer, and an explanation of the theme as well.
The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #119 for Jul 24, 2025
TheStrandspuzzle for today has the clueCut and Color. There are seven items to find: one Spangram category and six themed words inside the letter grid.
New York Times Games Strands Clues
There are three expandable sections below, and each one contains a single hint for thischallenging puzzle game. None of them will spoil any of the words in the puzzle; they are designed to help you figure out the theme for today instead.
Hint 3: Names of precious gems.
Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands
There are two spoiled words below for thisinnovative puzzle game. There is only one word in each expandable section, both of them covered to make sure you don’t spoil too much for yourself by scrolling.
Word 2: Sapphire
The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands
The answer to thisNew York Times Gamespuzzle is in the section below. You can see the filled-out puzzle with all the words and their locations in the grid.
The category for today isJewelTones. The words are Ruby, Sapphire, Garnet, Topaz, Emerald, and Amethyst.
Today’s Strands Explained
The full explanation for how the themed words and clue fit together. Click the Read More button below to see it.
Cut and Colormight sound like something referring to a hair salon appointment, but it is actually referencing that gems are rated by cut and color as well as things like clarity, karat, and more.Jewel Tonesrefers to that fact that all these gems are colorful jewels.
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