NYT Strands Today: Hints, Spangram & Answers for June 21

Jun. 20, 2024



While the Strands today didn’t make me fall head over heels in love with the challenge it posed, it was a fun little solve. However, if you’re having a tough time with it, don’t refrain from taking a look at the hints and answers for the June 21 NYT Strands down below!

How to Play NYT Strands

How to Play NYT Strands

Before I get to decoding the puzzle for today, here’s a quick rundown of how to play NYT Strands for new players:

However, if you want detailed tips and tricks, check out my guide onhow to play NYT Strands.

As revealed by the New York Times, the theme for today’s Strands is“We do.”

Spoiler Warning #1:

Every Strands game has that one Spangram that you need to decipher and today’s was no exception. The hint for today’s Spangram is –“The Big Day!”.

If you have figured out the Spangram from the above hint, figuring out the theme words will be easy. However, I don’t want to ruin it for you. Instead, here are hints that may help you:

While you are here, go and check out the hints and answers fortoday’s NYT Connectionshere.

If these hints are not enough for you to find the Spangram and related theme words, you can fill the in-game hint meter and unlock hints. For today’s Strands, here are some random words I found in my quest to find today’s words —FAIL, SIDE, REST, RIFT, BOUNCE, CUTS, MAIL, SAIL, FIRE, RIFE, STRIFE, and QUEST.

Spoiler Warning #2:

The Spangram for today’s NYT Strands puzzle isWEDDING, and it runs fromright to leftin the letters grid.

If you have scrolled this far, you are probably ready to see the answers. So, let’s take a look at today’s theme words in Strands:

The very first word I found in the grids was FAMILY. Vin Diesel would be proud. Next, right under it, I found KISS, and in the bottom right, DANCE. With that, it wasn’t hard to find WEDDING as the Spangram for the day.

At the bottom left, I found FRIENDS and diagonal to it, BOUQUET. The top right section gave me RING and VOWS. The last few grids gave me CAKE and that was it for today’s Strands!

If you have arrived here by mistake and are looking for the answers and Spangrams to the previous day’s Strands puzzle, find the solution to June 20’s Strands.

Yep, got through today’s Strands without using any hints, yet again. What about you? On a scale of 1-10, how difficult was the Strands today for you? Do cry your heart out in the comments below.

Sagnik is a tech aficionado who can never say “no” to dipping his toes into unknown waters of tech or reviewing the latest gadgets. He is also a hardcore gamer, having played everything from Snake Xenzia to Dead Space Remake.