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 Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, June 17 (game #836).
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 #837) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Beneath the waves
NYT Strands today (game #837) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- SLAP
- RULES
- SEEK
- SALE
- SPARE
- CLAG
NYT Strands today (game #837) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NYT Strands today (game #837) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: bottom, 3rd column
Last side: top, 1st column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #837) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #837, are…
- CRAB
- SEAWEED
- SHARK
- FISH
- PLANKTON
- URCHIN
- ALGAE
- SPANGRAM: CORALREEF
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I didn’t need any hints in this game, but I did waste a lot of time getting parts of words as non-game words before realizing what we were actually searching for: “chin” before I saw URCHIN, “weed” before SEAWEED and “reef” long before I put together the Spangram.
I spent a few years living by the ocean and would regularly go swimming along the shoreline, but I don’t think I ever thought about what was beneath my feet on the seabed.
However, on TikTok recently I saw some underwater footage of exactly where I used to go swimming and was shocked to see thousands upon thousands of starfish — it was quite a strange sensation thinking they were likely there the whole time.
Anyway, I digress. Due to its marine nature, which as you can no doubt tell sent me off daydreaming, I thoroughly enjoyed this game despite finding it tricky.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Wednesday, June 17, game #836)
- BUCKET
- TRACTOR
- SAWHORSE
- PITCHFORK
- WHEELBARROW
- SPANGRAM: FARMING
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.
