Today's Strands Hints and Clues for "Make it work" - Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Contents

• Today's Strands Theme
• Today's NYT Strands Hints
  • Strands Hint 1: What are the starting letters of today's words?
  • Strands Hint 2: Where are today's words located on today's strands grid?
• Today's NYT Strands Clue Words
• Today's NYT Strands Spangram
• Today's NYT Strands Answers
• Yesterday's NYT Strands Answer (16 June 2025)

Strands Answers (June 17, 2025): In this article, you will find the Strands answers and hints for June 17, 2025.

If you are tired of Wordle and Connections, Strands is another NYT game waiting for you. It is a word puzzle game where players must guess multiple words from a 6x8 grid. It is a wonderful way to show off your knowledge, but it can sometimes be challenging.

If you are struggling with today's theme, you have landed at the right place. We will help you find today's spangram and solve the puzzle with ease.

WARNING: Spoilers ahead! Only read on if you want to know today's Strands answers.

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Today's Strands Theme

First, let's look at today's theme shared on the website.

Today's theme is:

MAKE IT WORK

The theme can sometimes be a bit unclear, so I'll break it down to make it easier for you:

• Today's theme revolves around the idea of finding creative solutions and strategies to overcome challenges. It encompasses skills that involve crafting plans, manipulating situations to one’s advantage, and skillfully navigating discussions to achieve desired outcomes. Each element reflects an approach to problem-solving that involves ingenuity and finesse.

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Today's NYT Strands Hints

If you need some hints to help you, I got you:

Strands Hint 1: What are the starting letters of today's words?

There are six words, including the spangram.

Below are the starting letters & lengths for each of the theme words:

• Starts with "C" and has eight letters.
• Starts with "E" and has eight letters.
• Starts with "F" and has seven letters.
• Starts with "F" and has seven letters.
• Starts with "N" and has nine letters.

And today's spangram starts with "F".

Strands Hint 2: Where are today's words located on today's strands grid?

Here are some clues about their starting positions for all words, except the spangram:

• One word starts from the top row
• One words start from the bottom row
• One word starts from the left edge of the grid
• Two words start from the middle of the grid

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Today's NYT Strands Clue Words

If you want to hit that Hint button on the Strands game, here are some words to help you out:

• TURNER
• FOIN
• NEURON
• ERVEN
• GOITRE
• TAGLINE

The answers are right below.

Do not scroll any further if you don't want to see them.

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Today's NYT Strands Spangram

Now the moment you've been waiting for!

Today's Strands spangram is:

FIGUREOUT

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Today's NYT Strands Answers

The answers for today's Strands are right here:

• CONTRIVE
• ENGINEER
• FINAGLE
• FINESSE
• NEGOTIATE

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Yesterday's NYT Strands Answer (June 16, 2025)

Still trying to solve yesterday’s Strands (Monday, June 16, 2025)? Or reading from a different timezone? Don’t worry, we have the answers you need.

Find yesterday's Strands answers, hints, and spangram here.

Yesterday's Strands theme was:

KEY NOTES

Yesterday's spangram was:

PIANOPIECES

Yesterday's Strands answers were:

• ETUDE
• MINUET
• NOCTURNE
• PRELUDE
• SONATA
• SUITE

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