NYT Strands today — hints, answers and spangram for Thursday, June 6 (game #95)

NYT Strands homescreen on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background
(Image credit: New York Times)

Does Strands regularly get your brain working a little too hard? Well don't worry – because today's is rather easy. I doubt you'll need any clues today, but I've included them below anyway, just in case.

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.

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Marc McLaren
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Marc McLaren

Marc is TechRadar’s Global Editor in Chief and has been obsessed with Wordle and its ilk for more than two years. He's authored dozens of articles on the game for TechRadar, including a daily today's Wordle answer column and a detailed analysis of the most common letters in Wordle in every position. He's also played every Wordle ever and only lost once and yes, he takes it all too seriously.

NYT Strands today (game #95) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is… Tidal treasures

NYT Strands today (game #95) - hint #2 - clue words

What are some good clue words today?

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

LAST

SILO

TOMB

DOLT

HELLO

SHINE

NYT Strands today (game #95) - hint #3 - spangram

What is a hint for today's spangram?

On the sea shore

NYT Strands today (game #95) - hint #4 - spangram position

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

First: right, 4th row

Last: left, 8th row

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

NYT Strands today (game #95) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 95 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #95, are…

  • GLASS
  • STONE
  • DRIFTWOOD
  • BOTTLE
  • SHELL
  • FOSSIL
  • SPANGRAM: BEACHCOMBING

  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: Mega-perfect

This may well be the easiest Strands puzzle of the week – to the extent that I scored a 'mega-perfect', the term I've coined for when you solve Strands without even uncovering a single hint word, let alone using any of them. 

Partly that was because the theme clue, 'Tidal treasures', didn't leave much room for ambiguity, a fact that was made all the more stark when I immediately claimed GLASS and it turned blue. GLASS led directly to STONE and I was on my way. DRIFTWOOD, BOTTLE, SHELL and FOSSIL all followed with a minimum of fuss, and somewhere along the way I got the spangram, too.

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


Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Wednesday 5 June, game #94)

  • JUSTICE
  • FAITH
  • HOPE
  • PRUDENCE
  • GRACE
  • FELICITY
  • SPANGRAM: VIRTUENAMES

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.

Marc McLaren
Global Editor in Chief

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).

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