<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="false">The New York Times' latest word game, Strands, released hints and answers for game #498 on July 14.The theme for game #498 was 'Won't you be my neighbor?'The answers for game #498 included words like TEACHER, MAYOR, JANITOR, LIBRARIAN, FIREFIGHTER, and the spangram was COMMUNITY.The difficulty level for game #498 was rated as hard, with some words posing more of a challenge to identify.