NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Friday, June 28 (game #117)

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It’s time for the last Strands puzzle of the week – and it’s a rather apt one for the weekend, I think. Enjoy!

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.

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NYT Strands today (game #117) – hint #1 – today’s theme

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… That’s my jam!

NYT Strands today (game #117) – hint #2 – clue words

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

BLUE
LUCK
COUNT
ROUND
GONER
LOSS

NYT Strands today (game #117) – hint #3 – spangram

What is a hint for today’s spangram?

• Playlist variety

NYT Strands today (game #117) – hint #4 – spangram position

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

• First: left, 6th 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 #117) – the answers

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The answers to today’s Strands, game #117, are…

SALSA
SOUL
JAZZ
BLUES
ROCK
DISCO
FOLK
COUNTRY
SPANGRAM: MUSICGENRE

My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect

I was a little thrown today by the the combination of the theme clue – ‘That’s my jam’ – and the first answer I found, SALSA. In my head, I thought this might be another food-related Strands game; salsa could be described as a type of jam, maybe? No, I was on totally the wrong path there, as became obvious as soon as I solved the next couple, SOUL and JAZZ, at which point this became rather easy.

I spotted MUSIC soon after, and a process of elimination led me to the spangram, MUSICGENRE, and once that was in place it was even more of a simple solve.

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

Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Thursday 27 June, game #116)

CHEESE
GRAVY
BISCUIT
MACARONI
BURGER
FRIES
SPANGRAM: COMBOMEALS

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.

Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief, the latest in a long line of senior editorial roles he’s held in a career that started the week that Google launched (nice of them to mark the occasion). Prior to joining TR, he was UK Editor in Chief on Tom’s Guide, where he oversaw all gaming, streaming, audio, TV, entertainment, how-to and cameras coverage. He’s also a former editor of the tech website Stuff and spent five years at the music magazine NME, where his duties mainly involved spoiling other people’s fun. He’s based in London, and has tested and written about phones, tablets, wearables, streaming boxes, smart home devices, Bluetooth speakers, headphones, games, TVs, cameras and pretty much every other type of gadget you can think of. An avid photographer, Marc likes nothing better than taking pictures of very small things (bugs, his daughters) or very big things (distant galaxies). He also enjoys live music, gaming, cycling, and beating Wordle (he authors the daily Wordle today page).