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This is the archived solution for NYT Strands game #111, dated Saturday, June 22, 2024—not the current day’s puzzle. The theme is “I love the nightlife.” Start with the spoiler-light hints below, or jump to the full answer list when you’re ready.
Hints for Strands #111 on June 22, 2024
The puzzle’s theme points to animals associated with being active at night. The hints below move from a gentle nudge toward the solution.
- Theme: “I love the nightlife.”
- Words that unlock in-game hints: TOWN, DUNK, CONE, SAND, LOAN, NEAT.
- Spangram clue: “Creatures of the night.”
- Spangram position: It touches the top edge in the fifth column and reaches the bottom edge in the fifth column.
How to unlock a hint in Strands
Strands is a themed word-search game. Select connected letters in any direction to form words; letters cannot be reused or crossed. Find three non-theme words of at least four letters each to earn an in-game hint that reveals one of the theme words. In a completed puzzle, every letter in the grid is used once. These rules are described in Try Hard Guides’ June 21, 2024 guide to game #111: Try Hard Guides’ NYT Strands #111 answers.
Full answers for Strands #111
Spoilers: The six theme words are:
- OPOSSUM
- SKUNK
- COYOTE
- AARDVARK
- LEOPARD
- WOMBAT
Spangram
NOCTURNAL is the spangram. It runs from the top edge at column five to the bottom edge at column five, as reported by TechRadar’s June 21, 2024 guide: TechRadar’s Strands #111 hints and answers.
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Theme and answer confirmation
The theme is “I love the nightlife.” TechRadar and Try Hard Guides both identify the same six words and the spangram for the June 22, 2024 puzzle. Their guides were published on June 21, ahead of the Saturday puzzle.
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