The week begins with a potentially simple Strands puzzle from the NYT. But, as always, your mileage may vary, so read on if you need some tips.
Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle Today, NYT Connections Today, and Quordle Today pages for tips and answers for those games.
SPOILER WARNING: Today's NYT Strands info is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #99) – track #1 – today's topic
What's the topic of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands topic is… Print edition
NYT Strands Today (Game #99) – Clue #2 – Keywords
Play any of these words to unlock the game's hint system.
- NICE
- PLACE
- RINGING
- LINE
- INTRODUCE
- FLASH
NYT Strands today (game #99) – clue #3 – spangram
What's a clue for today's spangram?
• All news suitable for printing.
NYT Strands today (game #99) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
• First: top, third column
• Last: bottom, fifth column
Well, the answers are below, so DON'T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #99): The Answers
The answers to today's Strands game number 99 are…
- COLUMN
- FOLD
- PAGE
- Signature
- FOLIO
- CAPTION
- ARTICLE
- SPANGRAM: NEWSPAPER
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Well, I have a bit of an advantage here, as I've worked at several newspapers (and many more magazines and websites) throughout my career. If you've never been a journalist, then answers like FOLIO, BYLINE and FOLD might have been harder to find. But I say “might,” because I suspect this Strands puzzle will be relatively easy to solve even then.
Much of this is due to a combination of the spangram and the theme track, which is 'Print Edition'. There's not much that phrase can suggest, and it probably won't have taken many people long to see the NEWSPAPER running down the center of the board, from top to bottom.
Once this is established, it will probably have been easy to find some of the other more obvious answers, such as TITLE and PAGE, and these, in turn, will have led to the others.
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Answers from yesterday's NYT Strands (Sunday, June 9, Game #98)
- SEEDS
- WATER
- SUNLIGHT
- LAND
- SPACE
- LOVE
- PROTECTION
- SPANGRAM: GARDEN
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT's new word game, after Wordle and Connections. It is currently in Beta and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a complete guide on how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check it out if you're struggling to beat it every day.
