Sunday, July 6, 2025, is NYT Strands game #490. The theme clue is “My hero!” For a lighter nudge, think “Extraordinary abilities.” The spangram is SUPERPOWER; the other five answers are hidden below the spoiler warning.
Hints for Strands #490
The puzzle has six theme words, including the spangram, on a six-by-eight grid. The theme points to superhuman abilities. Connect letters horizontally, vertically, or diagonally; found theme words turn blue, and the spangram turns yellow.
If you want to uncover the solution in stages, Forbes gives these first-two-letter clues for the six theme words: ST, SU, IN, FL, HE, and SP. The order is not a placement guide.
Strands also lets you earn an in-game hint: find three valid non-theme words of at least four letters, and the game reveals the letters of a theme word.
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Spoilers ahead: The answer guides from TechRadar, Forbes, and Parade agree on the complete solution.
- Spangram: SUPERPOWER
- Theme words: SPEED, FLIGHT, HEALING, STRENGTH, and INVISIBILITY
TechRadar reports that SUPERPOWER has 10 letters and runs from the bottom edge at the fourth column to the top edge at the fifth column. Parade describes its route as mostly vertical.
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This answer guide is for game #490, dated Sunday, July 6, 2025—not a current day’s puzzle. TechRadar and Forbes published their guides on July 5, 2025, while Parade published on July 6. The solution is reported consistently across those three guides; the official NYT historical game was not available in the reviewed sources.
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