Today’s Strands NYT Tips (and Answers) for Friday, June 28, 2024
If you’re looking for Strands clues and answers for Friday June 28, 2024, read on – I’ll share some hints and tips and finally a solution to the “That’s My Jam!” 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.
This is a two-word spagram describing the types of ringtones.
Keyword clue for today’s Strands puzzle.
These are all examples of the above – words you might see on the Spotify home page, for example.
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 spangram is MUSICAL GENRE.
What are the keywords in today’s Strands?
Thematic words today: SALSA, BLUES, ROCK, SOUL, JAZZ, COUNTRY, FOLK, DISCO.
This is what the board looks like when the puzzle is solved:
How I Solved Today’s Strands
The puzzle theme makes me think that we will either be looking for musical terms or, more simply, types of jam, such as strawberry, blueberry, etc.
I see the word SALSA in the top left corner and it’s a hit. 🔵Maybe it’s all types of music.
Yes, below that there is the BLUES. 🔵
I scan the board for a spagram, suspecting that I should look for the letter “m” along the border to begin the word “music.” My guess is correct and I find this: MUSIC GENRE. 🟡
The space I just created above the spanggram helps me see the word ROCK. 🔵
In the lower left corner I see COUNTRY. 🔵
There is FOLK. 🔵
DISCO completes the bottom half of the puzzle. 🔵
I see JAZZ above this. 🔵
And finally, SOUL. 🔵
Strands No. 117 “This is my jam!”🔵🔵🟡🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵🔵
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’ll see a game board with a set of letters surrounded by a clue that hints at the theme of the board – it’ll be a phrase like “You get 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 theme 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 cannot be failed. 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. There’s no guesswork left 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?