New York Times Strands Hints and Answers for June 22, 2024

Strands has yet another 6×8 grid of seemingly random letters. Hidden inside are a bunch of themed words, and you need to find them all while using all the letters only once. If you are stuck on today’s puzzle, and you don’t like the in-game hint system, you can find help below.

This article is designed for people who already know how to play Strands, and they are looking for some hints, spoilers, or explanations for today’s puzzle specifically. If this is you, you will be able to find all the help you need here in these paragraphs.

The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #111 for June 22, 2024

The Strands puzzle for today has the clue I love the nightlife. It has seven items to find: one Spangram and six themed words.

New York Times Games Strands Clues

Since the in-game hint system spoils entire words in this innovative puzzle game, you might be looking for something else to help you out. In the three sections below are three hints to the theme of the puzzle today that won’t ruin any of the words in the puzzle for you.

General Hint 1

Hint 1
: What has life at night?

General Hint 2

Hint 2
: Things only seen at night (usually)

General Hint 3

Hint 3
: Animals that come out at night.

Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands

If a spoiled word or two would help you, check out the two sections below. Each one contains a spoiled word and its position in the letter grid.

Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands

The full answer to this challenging puzzle game is in the expandable section below. Click the Read More button to show all the themed words and their locations in the puzzle’s grid.

The category for today is
Nocturnal
. The words are Wombat, Leopard, Opossum, Coyote, Aardvark, and Skunk.

Today’s Strands Explained

Want an explanation of this PC puzzle game? Below, you can find a short summary of how the clue, the Spangram, and the themed words all work together.

The clue,
I love the nightlife,
refers to how all these themed words are
nocturnal
animals that only come out at night and sleep during the day.

Want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Strands website available on almost any device with a browser.

Strands

Platform(s)

Web Browser

Released

March 4, 2024

Developer(s)

The New York Times Company

Publisher(s)

The New York Times Company

Genre(s)

Puzzle