NYT ‘Strands' Hints For Tuesday, June 17: Spangram And Answers For Today's Game
Today's NYT Strands hints and answers.
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Before today's Strands hints, spangram and answers, here are Monday's:
Hey, folks! Today's NYT Strands hints, spangram and answers for Tuesday, June 17 are coming right up.
The New York Times' Strands puzzle is a play on the classic word search. It's available on the NYT website and in the NYT Games app alongside the likes of Wordle and Connections (which we also cover in daily guides at Forbes Gaming).
There's a new game of Strands to play every day. The game will present you with a six by eight grid of letters. The aim is to find a group of words that have something in common, and you'll get a clue as to what that theme is. When you find a theme word, it will remain highlighted in blue.
You'll also need to find a special word called a spangram. This tells you what the words have in common. The spangram links at least two sides of the board, but it may not start or end there. While the theme words will not be a proper name, the spangram can be a proper name. When you find the spangram, it will remain highlighted in yellow.
Every letter is used once in one of the theme words and spangram. You can connect letters vertically, horizontally and diagonally, and it's possible to switch directions in the middle of a word. If you're playing on a touchscreen, double tap the last letter to submit your guess.
If you find three valid words of at least four letters that are not part of the theme, you'll unlock the Hint button. Clicking this will highlight the letters that make up one of the theme words.
Be warned: You'll need to be on your toes. Sometimes you'll need to fill the missing word(s) in a phrase. On other days, the game may revolve around synonyms or homophones. The difficulty will vary from day to day, and the puzzle creators will try to surprise you sometimes.
Scroll slowly! Just after the hint for today's Strands puzzle, I'll reveal what the answer words are.
The official theme hint for today's Strands puzzle is...
Make it work
Need some extra help? Here's another hint...
Find a solution
There are six theme words to find today, including the spangram.
Spoiler alert! Don't scroll any further down the page until you're ready to find out today's Strands hints.
Here are the first two letters of every theme word in today's puzzle. They're ordered from left to right, then top to bottom by any letter of the word appearing for the first time:
Before I reveal the other the full word list, I'll first tell you the spangram and show you where that is on the grid.
This is your final spoiler warning!
Today's Strands spangram is...
FIGURE OUT
Here's where you'll find it on the grid…
Today's Strands theme words are...
Here's what the completed grid looks like...
From the hint, I thought this would have something to do with clothing design (thanks, Project Runway). While the concept was perhaps more straightforward than that, finding the right words was not. I needed hints for FINAGLE, CONTRIVE and FINESSE before seeing the spangram
I used three hints and the spangram was the fourth theme word I found.
See you tomorrow for more Strands fun!
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