<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false">The New York Times' latest word game, Strands, released hints and answers for Friday, July 11 (game #495).Today's theme for NYT Strands was centered around poetry.The hints included words like SMILE, PILE, RACE, LACE, CHIP, and SLIP.The answers for game #495 were SONNET, LIMERICK, EPIC, ELEGY, HAIKU, BALLAD, ACROSTIC, with the spangram being POETRY.