Strandshas yet another new puzzle for fans of word searches to try out. In order to win, you will need to study the one clue you get, using it to try to figure out the theme and all the themed words. Today’s puzzle has a lot of long words in it, which means it might be pretty hard to complete.
However, there is help for this puzzle in the article below. If you already knowhow to playStrands, you will find everything you need to solve this in the article below. There are general hints, spoilers, and a whole lot more.
The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #320 July 24, 2025
TheStrandspuzzle for today has the clueThe Time of Our Lives. There are six items to find: the Spangram and five themed words.
New York Times Games Strands Clues
Searching for clues that won’t get away any of the words? The sections below each contain a single, spoiler-free hint that is focused on the theme to help you get closer to the answer without giving anything away.
Hint 1: Separated by decades.
General Hint 2
Hint 2: How people are separated by groups of birth years.
Hint 3: Gen X is one.
Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands
If you want a spoiler for thisdifficult puzzle game, but you don’t feel like saving up non-themed words to get an in-game hint, you can find two spoilers below. Each section has just one word inside along with a screenshot of where that word goes.
Word 2: Greatest
The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands
In the section below, you can find the whole answer to thismobile puzzle game. Open up the section below to see all the themed words and where each goes in the puzzle’s letter grid.
The category for today isGenerationGap. The words are Millennial, Zoomer, Boomer, Alpha, and Greatest.
Today’s Strands Explained
If you don’t get thisinnovative puzzle gameeven after solving it, you can find help in the section below. Inside will be an explanation for how the theme, the Spangram, and the clue all come together to make a whole lot of sense.
The clue isThe Time of Our Livesbecause generations are named by the decades your life begins. For example, Gen Z is were born between 1995 and 2015ish. The differences between generations experiences growing up are usually named “Generation Gaps.”
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