NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Saturday, June 29 (game #118)

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    NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Saturday, June 29 (game #118)

    I really enjoyed today’s Strands puzzle and hope you will do too. Maybe that’s because I found it to be quite easy – but don’t worry if you struggle a little, because I’ve got some hints for you below.

    Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games.

    SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.

    [HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #118) - hint #1 - today’s theme[/HEADING]
    [HEADING=2]What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?[/HEADING]

    • Today’s NYT Strands theme is… It’s way over your head

    [HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #118) - hint #2 - clue words[/HEADING]

    Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

    [ul]
    [li]LETTER[/li][li]ELITE[/li][li]SPOON[/li][li]NOTE[/li][li]PLAN[/li][li]PLAY[/li][/ul]
    [HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #118) - hint #3 - spangram[/HEADING]
    [HEADING=2]What is a hint for today’s spangram?[/HEADING]

    • Heavens above

    [HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #118) - hint #4 - spangram position[/HEADING]
    [HEADING=2]What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?[/HEADING]

    • First: left, 4th row

    • Last: right, 4th row

    Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

    [HEADING=1]NYT Strands today (game #118) - the answers[/HEADING]

    [IMG alt=“NYT Strands answers for game 118 on a blue background”]https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fg...GV2jMB8PGN.jpg

    (Image credit: New York Times)

    The answers to today’s Strands, game #118, are…

    [ul]
    [li]COMET[/li][li]ASTEROID[/li][li]PLANET[/li][li]GALAXY[/li][li]MOON[/li][li]SATELLITE[/li][li]SPANGRAM: OUTERPSACE[/li][/ul]


    [ul]
    [li]My rating: Easy[/li][li]My score: Perfect[/li][/ul]



    I’m a proper space buff and spend much of my free time staring at the skies through a telescope, taking photos of distant galaxies and nebulae – or more often cursing the fact that it’s a cloudy night yet again.

    Anyway, that helped me find all of the answers easily once again today – well, once I’d worked out what the theme was. I’d uncovered dozens of potential answers, all of which ended up merely being hints (none of which I used), before I finally got COMET, and realized what the connection was. After that it was plain sailing, other than the spangram, which took me a little while to identify.

    How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.



    [HEADING=2]Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Friday 28 June, game #117)[/HEADING]
    [ul]
    [li]SALSA[/li][li]SOUL[/li][li]JAZZ[/li][li]BLUES[/li][li]ROCK[/li][li]DISCO[/li][li]FOLK[/li][li]COUNTRY[/li][li]SPANGRAM: MUSICGENRE[/li][/ul]


    [HEADING=2]What is NYT Strands?[/HEADING]

    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.

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