Today’s Strands NYT Tips (and Answers) for Saturday, June 15, 2024
If you are looking for Strands hints and answers for Saturday June 15, 2024, read on as I share some hints and tips and finally a solution to the Deep Dive puzzle.
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Below I will give you some indirect hints about Strands’ answers today. And further on the page I will reveal the spagram and the answers. Scroll slowly and select only the clues you need!
A hint about the spagram in today’s Strands puzzle.
Today’s spagram consists of two words. The first word describes creatures that live in the ocean, and is also a word that can be used to describe the more water-oriented branch of the US military.
Keyword clue for today’s Strands puzzle.
These are all living things that can be found in the ocean.
WARNING: Spoilers follow for today’s Strands puzzle!
We’re going to provide answers to today’s Strands mystery.
What is a spanggram in today’s Strands?
Today’s spagram is SEA LIFE.
What are the keywords in today’s Strands?
Thematic words today: SHELL, WHALE, SQUILD, LOBSTER, CORAL, OCTOPUS, SHARK.
This is what the board looks like when the puzzle is solved:
How I Solved Today’s Strands
The first word I see is CLAM in the top left corner and it is a topic word. 🔵 Looks like we need to look for things found in the ocean.
Yes, there is a WHALE right below that. 🔵
There is an octopus in the lower left corner. 🔵
In the space between the WHALE and the octopus I see the beginning of a spagram: SEA LIFE. 🟡
In the lower right corner I see a SHARK. 🔵
Next I see CORAL. 🔵
The combination of letters “QUI” confuses me for a moment, but then I realize that it is part of SQUID. 🔵
Finally, LOBSTER. 🔵
Strands No. 104 "Deep Dive"🔵🔵🔵🟡🔵🔵🔵🔵
How to play Strands
You can find the Strands game on the New York Times website. Strands is the newest game and is still in beta, so it’s not yet on the NYT Games app.
When you start playing, you will see a game board with a set of letters surrounded by a hint hinting at the theme of the game board – it will be a phrase such as “Better with age.” Your task is to find hidden words on the board that reflect the theme of the puzzle.
Crossword crossed with word search
The most important word to find is “spangram”, a word that more clearly expresses the theme of the puzzle. (For example, the spagram for a puzzle on the theme “Better With Age” is “FERMENTED”, which describes foods that, you guessed it, get better with age.) The spagram will span the entire playing field from left to right. or top to bottom (hence the name). When you find a spagram, it will be highlighted in yellow. Solving the spagram usually makes solving the rest of the puzzle much easier.
In Strands, words can move in any direction (up, down, left, right and diagonally) and you will only use each letter once. There is only one correct decision. When you correctly identify one of the puzzle words (such as kombucha, MISO, or KIMCHI), it will be highlighted in blue.
If you’re struggling to solve a puzzle, you can submit any off-topic words you see (as long as they’re four letters or more) to get credit for one clue. If you submit three off-topic words, the Hint button will become clickable; if you click on it, all the letters in one of the words in the topic will be highlighted for you. You will still have to connect these highlighted letters in the correct order to form one of the topic words. If there is already a clue on the board and you use another clue before finding that word, the letter order of that word will be revealed.
How to win Strands
Unlike Connections and Wordle, Strands can’t fail. When you submit guesses, you will either guess the answer correctly, get credit for the clue, or the text will wobble back and forth, indicating that the word you submitted is too short or inappropriate. You can’t run out of guesses and there’s no time limit.
You will win if you use all the letters on the board correctly, which means you have identified the spagram and all the keywords. As with other NYT games, once you solve a puzzle, you’ll see an overall card indicating how you performed that day: blue dots 🔵 represent the theme words you found, a yellow dot 🟡 indicates when you found the spagram, and a light bulb 💡 represents the words . Why did you receive the tip?