NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Saturday, June 1 (game #90)

Weekend Strands are the best kind of Strands, because I have the time to play them at a leisurely pace, rather than frantically attempting to solve them alongside Wordle, Quordle and Connections before work. Not that today’s took me too long anyway – it’s a rather simple one. If you do need help, though, you’ll find some below. 

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 #90) – hint #1 – today’s theme

NYT Strands today (game #90) – hint #2 – clue words

NYT Strands today (game #90) – hint #3 – spangram

NYT Strands today (game #90) – 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 #90) – the answers

The answers to today’s Strands, game #90, are…

• BACON
• SAUSAGE
• WAFFLE
• QUICHE
• EGGS
• HASH
• OATMEAL
• SPANGRAM: BREAKFAST

• My rating: Easy peasy
• My score: Perfect

Quiche? For breakfast? Is that a thing? I suppose there’s no reason why you can’t eat quiche for breakfast, but then there’s no reason why you can’t eat macaroni, or pad Thai, or marshmallows or roast turkey with all the trimmings for breakfast. You do you. 

Quiche aside, this was remarkably easy. The theme clue was less a clue and more a direct guide to what to look for, and BREAKFAST, the spangram was the very first word I spotted. 

In fact, I solved this one without even uncovering a single hint word, let alone using one. This is something I’ve been discussing with a reader who emailed me about her game, and how she did the same thing; we’re calling it a ‘mega-perfect’. (I do still have hint words above for those who need them, but I came up with these after I’d finished playing.)

Anyway, the likes of EGGS, BACON, WAFFLE and OATMEAL were easy to find, and by the time I got to QUICHE it was the only word that fit.

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

Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Friday 31 May, game #89)

• SCARECROW
• WIZARD
• TWISTER
• RAINBOW
• POPPIES
• SPANGRAM: RUBYSLIPPERS

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).