NYT Strands game #105 is the Sunday, June 16, 2024 puzzle, with the theme “It’s in the bag.” Start with the spoiler-safe nudges below; the complete answers, including the spangram, are farther down.
Hints for NYT Strands #105
Use these clues in order, stopping when you have enough to solve the grid.
- Theme: “It’s in the bag.”
- Words that unlock in-game hints: MINE, CHEAT, DOPE, PUNCH, MATCH, LONE.
- Spangram clue: “Brewing up.”
- Spangram endpoints: left side, fourth row; right side, fifth row.
How Strands hints work
Strands uses a six-by-eight letter grid. Find words that fit the theme, tracing through adjacent letters that can bend along the way. The spangram describes the theme and stretches between two opposite edges of the grid. Finding three unrelated words unlocks an in-game hint that highlights letters in a theme word.
Full solution for June 16, 2024
Spoiler warning: The complete theme-word list and spangram appear below.
#1 Best Overall
- CHAI
- MATCHA
- JASMINE
- CHAMOMILE
- OOLONG
- GUNPOWDER
Spangram: TEATIME
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TechRadar’s Marc McLaren rated this puzzle “Moderate” and reported using one hint in his own solve. That describes his experience, not a universal difficulty rating.
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