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Marc McLaren

NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, June 2 (game #91)

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

The weekend comes to an end with a Strands puzzle that may cause some trouble for some people. If you're one of them, read on for some helpful hints.

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 #91) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is… Nailed it!

NYT Strands today (game #91) - hint #2 - clue words

What are some good clue words today?

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

LORE

COOL

PLANE

ZIPPER

CLEAN

MIST

NYT Strands today (game #91) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

Finger painting?

NYT Strands today (game #91) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First: left, 5th row

Last: right, 1st row

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

NYT Strands today (game #91) - the answers

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #91, are…

  • TOPPER
  • COLOR
  • CLEANSE
  • BASE
  • FILE
  • BUFF
  • MOISTURIZE
  • SPANGRAM: MANICURE

  • My rating: Moderate
  • My score: Perfect

In terms of Strands themes that I am singularly unqualified to solve, MANICURES would be high up the list – and inevitably, I found this to be quite a difficult puzzle. 

In hindsight, the theme clue of 'Nailed it!' should have given me more of an idea, but I decided instead it was something to do with DIY and it was only after I'd uncovered three answers by accident (TOPPER, COLOR and CLEANSE) that I worked out what was going on. That led me to the spangram, but the others still proved a little tricky, and it took me another 10 minutes to find them all.

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


Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday 1 June, game #90)

  • BACON
  • SAUSAGE
  • WAFFLE
  • QUICHE
  • EGGS
  • HASH
  • OATMEAL
  • SPANGRAM: BREAKFAST

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's new word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's currently in Beta 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.

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