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Marc McLaren

NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Sunday, June 30 (game #119)

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

And so the weekend comes to a close with a Strands puzzle that might cause you a few more problems than some recent instalments. If that's the case, you might find my hints to be useful. 

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

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is… Cut and color

NYT Strands today (game #119) - hint #2 - clue words

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

  • PENT
  • SHEET
  • SEEM
  • SWEET
  • SWEEP
  • WELT

NYT Strands today (game #119) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

Rock stars

NYT Strands today (game #119) - 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 #119) - the answers

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #119, are…

  • SAPPHIRE
  • EMERALD
  • TOPAZ
  • GARNET
  • AMETHYST
  • SPANGRAM: JEWELTONES

  • My rating: Moderate
  • My score: Perfect

I've never heard the term JEWEL TONES before, which made this Strands puzzle a rather difficult one to solve even once I had the concept worked out, which was relatively early on in the game. 

The fact that I've never heard of GARNET, either, and didn't know how to spell AMETHYST also made things a lot tougher than they might otherwise have been. As a result of all that, this was rather a mixed game for me – the likes of EMERALD and RUBY were obvious and easy, some of the others less so. Still, I got there in the end, and without using any hints either. I'll take that any day.

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


Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday 29 June, game #118)

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

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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