New York Times Strands Hints and Answers for June 23, 2024

Strands has yet another challenging puzzle today for both long-time fans and newbies to ponder over. If you are stuck on today’s puzzle, you are not alone; this one is probably one of the more difficult yet.

If you already know how to play Strands, and you are looking for help with today’s puzzle, this article is for you. Inside, you will find general hints to the puzzle’s theme, a couple of word spoilers, and even the full answer if you want to see it. No matter what you need to solve this puzzling puzzle, it can be found in the sections below.

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The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #112 for June 23, 2024

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The Strands puzzle for today has the clue Fine Diners. There is one Spangram and six themed words to find, making for a total of seven hidden items.

New York Times Games Strands Clues

If you are looking for a hand to help you through this challenging word puzzle similar to Wordle, you can find three different hints. There is one hint hidden in each of the expandable sections below, so you’ll have to press the Read More button to see them.

General Hint 1

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General Hint 2

Hint 2
: Common places to eat out.

General Hint 3

Hint 3
: Chain restaurants you can find all over the US.

Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands

If you are still stuck on this challenging puzzle game, but don’t want to use the in-game hint system, you can find two spoiled words in the sections below. Each one contains just one word and its location in the puzzle’s letter grid.

Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands

Want to just see the full answer? Check out the expandable section below to see all the words and their locations in the puzzle.

The category for today is
ChainLink
. The words are Sizzler, Checkers, Outback, Subway, Sonic, and Chilis.

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Today’s Strands Explained

Need an explanation for today’s puzzle? Check out the section below to see how the themed words and the clue go together in this relaxing puzzle game from the New York Times.

The puzzle’s clue is
Fine Diners
, meaning fine places to go and eat a meal anywhere in the US. Each of these places is a dining establishment that has a bunch of locations, as in
Chain
restaurants. These can be said to be
Chain Linked
, since they linked by a common name.

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