Get all your news in one place.
100’s of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
TechRadar
TechRadar
Marc McLaren

NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Saturday, June 29 (game #118)

NYT Strands homescreen on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background.

I really enjoyed today's Strands puzzle and hope you will do too. Maybe that's because I found it to be quite easy – but don't worry if you struggle a little, because I've got some hints for you below.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle todayNYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games. 

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Strands today (game #118) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is… It's way over your head

NYT Strands today (game #118) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

  • LETTER
  • ELITE
  • SPOON
  • NOTE
  • PLAN
  • PLAY

NYT Strands today (game #118) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

Heavens above

NYT Strands today (game #118) - hint #4 - spangram position

What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First: left, 4th row

Last: right, 4th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #118) - the answers

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #118, are…

  • COMET
  • ASTEROID
  • PLANET
  • GALAXY
  • MOON
  • SATELLITE
  • SPANGRAM: OUTERPSACE

  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: Perfect

I'm a proper space buff and spend much of my free time staring at the skies through a telescope, taking photos of distant galaxies and nebulae – or more often cursing the fact that it's a cloudy night yet again.

Anyway, that helped me find all of the answers easily once again today – well, once I'd worked out what the theme was. I'd uncovered dozens of potential answers, all of which ended up merely being hints (none of which I used), before I finally got COMET, and realized what the connection was. After that it was plain sailing, other than the spangram, which took me a little while to identify.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.


Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Friday 28 June, game #117)

  • SALSA
  • SOUL
  • JAZZ
  • BLUES
  • ROCK
  • DISCO
  • FOLK
  • COUNTRY
  • SPANGRAM: MUSICGENRE

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now out of beta so is a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I've got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100’s of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
One subscription that gives you access to news from hundreds of sites
Already a member? Sign in here
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.