Your final Strands puzzle of the week is a fun one – but also potentially a tricky one. Read on if you need some 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.

Your Strands expert

Marc McLaren
Your Strands expert

Marc McLaren

NYT Strands today (game #103) – hint #1 – today’s theme

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Take a load off!

NYT Strands today (game #103) – hint #2 – clue words

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

  • SEAT
  • CRANE
  • FALSE
  • CHAIN
  • GRAIN
  • CHANT

NYT Strands today (game #103) – hint #3 – spangram

What is a hint for today’s spangram?

Posterior support

NYT Strands today (game #103) – hint #4 – spangram position

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

First: left, 5th row

Last: right, 7th row

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

NYT Strands today (game #103) – the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 103 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Strands, game #103, are…

  • CHAISE
  • STOOL
  • SOFA
  • COUCH
  • RECLINER
  • ARMCHAIR
  • DIVAN
  • SPANGRAM: SEATING

  • My rating: Moderate
  • My score: Perfect

This is probably my favorite Strands puzzle of the week. It’s just the right amount of challenging, it all makes logical sense, it’s exactly what this game should be – but isn’t always. The theme clue suggested seating, but I found both CHAIR and SEAT and neither changed color. The problem, obviously, was that I didn’t take have the whole picture in either case: they were actually SEATING (the spangram) and ARMCHAIR. 

That aside, it was simply a matter of me wracking my brain for things you could sit on, then finding them on the board. It took me about 15 minutes all told, which again is exactly as it should be.

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


Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday 13 June, game #102)

  • FAVOR
  • HEARTY
  • ANIMAL
  • BOAT
  • FOUL
  • CRASHER
  • POOPER
  • SPANGRAM: AFTERPARTY

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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