Looking for a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, June 13 (game #467).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #468) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… It’s a banner day
NYT Strands today (game #468) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- ATOM
- SPITE
- GLAMOR
- RAIL
- FILE
- FLASHES
NYT Strands today (game #468) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 10 letters
NYT Strands today (game #468) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 4th column
Last side: top, 4th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #468) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #468, are…
- CROSS
- MOON
- TRIANGLE
- STAR
- STRIPE
- CROWN
- SHIELD
- SPANGRAM: FLAG SYMBOL
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Today is Flag Day across the United States, commemorating the adoption of the STAR-Spangled Banner on June 14, 1777, by the Second Continental Congress.
It’s an event worth celebrating, with some flag waving, flag hoisting and a Strands word search which had us hunting for the most common FLAG SYMBOLS.
One of today’s answers, the MOON, features on 13 national flags, and naming them all would be a pretty good quiz question. Incidentally, did you know that there are six American flags on the moon – one for each Apollo mission – but there is no official flag of the moon? This feels like an oversight.
How did you do today? Let me know in the comments below.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Friday, June 13, game #467)
- ROSE
- DAISY
- VIOLET
- POPPY
- LILY
- AZALEA
- PETUNIA
- SPANGRAM: FLOWER GIRLS
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which 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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