A new week means a new opportunity to solve Strands. But then again, every day brings that opportunity, so I'm just talking nonsense. My hints are more useful than this intro, honest!
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NYT Strands today (game #113) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Fine print
NYT Strands today (game #113) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- THING
- STRIP
- GEARS
- LETTER
- GREAT
- HANG
NYT Strands today (game #113) - hint #3 - spangram
What is a hint for today's spangram?
• Repeating design
NYT Strands today (game #113) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
• First: left, 5th row
• Last: right, 4th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #113) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #113, are…
- TARTAN
- PAISLEY
- GINGHAM
- STRIPES
- CHEVRON
- ARGYLE
- SPANGRAM: PATTERNS
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
I liked this Strands puzzle. It's challenging enough to keep your brain working, but without some of the rather silly elements that sometimes frustrate about this game. For instance, it all makes logical sense – the spangram is PATTERNS, and the answers are all… patterns! Genius!
It took me a while to get started, but once I came up with TARTAN the theme was obvious, although the clue of 'fine print' was not particularly helpful in retrospect. Some of the answers were straightforward – I'm looking at you, STRIPES and PAISLEY – but the likes of ARGYLE and GINGHAM were a lot less so. Enjoyable.
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Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Sunday 23 June, game #112)
- CHILIS
- SIZZLER
- CHECKERS
- SUBWAY
- OUTBACK
- SONIC
- SPANGRAM: CHAINLINK
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I've got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.
