NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Tuesday, June 25 (game #114)

Today’s Strands is a nice approachable one that shouldn’t cause you too many problems – but read on if you do need a few hints.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my Wordle today, NYT 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.

Your Strands expert

Marc McLaren

NYT Strands today (game #114) – hint #1 – today’s theme

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Frame game

NYT Strands today (game #114) – hint #2 – clue words

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

SPARSE
PLAIT
BORE
LIKE
SPIN
NINE

NYT Strands today (game #114) – hint #3 – spangram

What is a hint for today’s spangram?

• Pin pals

NYT Strands today (game #114) – hint #4 – spangram position

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

• First: left, 3rd row

• Last: right, 6th row

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

NYT Strands today (game #114) – the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 114 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Strands, game #114, are…

SPARE
SPLIT
STRIKE
TURKEY
LANE
PINS
ALLEY
GUTTER
SPANGRAM: BOWLING

My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect

I’m awful at bowling; my best score ever was about 100, I think, which would be considered a disaster for a decent player. Although that said, I am a champion at the game on Nintendo Switch / Wii, so that counts for something, right?

Anyway, my inability to knock down pins in real life didn’t impact my game today, which went a lot more smoothly. I didn’t spot the concept from the theme clue, which was a little obtuse, but picked up both SPARE and SPLIT by accident, and at that stage knew exactly what the remaining answers would be related to. I got the spangram next, which made the task of finding the other solutions easier still, and completed the whole thing in a lot less time than it would take to complete an actual game of bowling.

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

Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Monday 24 June, game #113)

TARTAN
PAISLEY
GINGHAM
STRIPES
CHEVRON
ARGYLE
SPANGRAM: PATTERNS

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.

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