NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Friday, June 14 (game #103)

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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