Strands Hint

#99Monday, June 10, 2024

Strands answers for June 10, 2024 — “Print edition” (#99)

The NYT Strands spangram for June 10, 2024 (puzzle #99) is NEWSPAPER, a 9-letter answer to the theme "Print edition". The 7 theme words are ARTICLE, BYLINE, CAPTION, COLUMN, FOLD, FOLIO and PAGE.

ARTICLEBYLINECAPTIONCOLUMNFOLDFOLIOPAGENEWSPAPER

Where is each answer on the June 10 Strands board?

Strands #99 resolves to these 7 theme words plus the spangram NEWSPAPER.

The table gives the start square, end square and travel direction of all 8 answers. Every position comes from solving the grid outright — the answers have to tile all 48 letters with no overlap and no remainder, which is what makes a single arrangement provable.

Verified board positions, Strands puzzle #99
AnswerLettersStartsEndsDirection
ARTICLE7row 3, column 3row 6, column 1diagonally across the grid
BYLINE6row 5, column 3row 6, column 6left to right
CAPTION7row 7, column 3row 8, column 1diagonally across the grid
COLUMN6row 1, column 4row 4, column 6diagonally across the grid
FOLD4row 2, column 5row 4, column 5diagonally across the grid
FOLIO5row 1, column 2row 3, column 1diagonally across the grid
PAGE4row 5, column 6row 5, column 5diagonally across the grid
NEWSPAPER9row 1, column 3row 8, column 5diagonally across the grid

What did the June 10 Strands grid look like?

The grid below is six letters wide and eight rows deep, with every answer traced through the letters it uses.

OFNCOLLIEWFUORASOMITPLDNCABGEPELPYAEOICELNNTPARI

Spangram — 9 letters7 theme words

Each line traces one answer through the letters it uses; the heavier yellow line is the spangram.

Read across the grid, row 1 reads O-F-N-C-O-L, row 2 reads L-I-E-W-F-U, row 3 reads O-R-A-S-O-M, row 4 reads I-T-P-L-D-N, row 5 reads C-A-B-G-E-P, row 6 reads E-L-P-Y-A-E, row 7 reads O-I-C-E-L-N, and row 8 reads N-T-P-A-R-I.

How hard was the June 10 Strands puzzle?

The difficulty index rates puzzle #99 as easy: it sits at the 13th percentile of every Strands grid to date.

Difficulty
13
percentile, easy
Path turns
22
direction changes
Decoy words
1173
non-theme words accepted
Mean answer
5.6
letters per theme word

Easiest puzzle ever published on the left, hardest on the right. The formula behind the score, and the ranked list of every puzzle, are on the Strands difficulty index.

Who made the June 10 Strands puzzle?

Strands puzzle #99 was edited by Tracy Bennett and constructed by Jeff Petriello. Output across the whole run is broken down on who makes NYT Strands.

Common questions about the June 10 Strands puzzle

What was the clue for Strands on June 10, 2024?

The Strands clue for June 10, 2024 is “Print edition”, on puzzle #99. It is answered by the spangram NEWSPAPER, and all 7 theme words that day belong to that idea.

What were the Strands words on June 10, 2024?

The 7 Strands theme words for June 10, 2024 are ARTICLE, BYLINE, CAPTION, COLUMN, FOLD, FOLIO and PAGE, plus the spangram NEWSPAPER.

What was the big word in the June 10, 2024 Strands?

The big word — the spangram — for June 10, 2024 is NEWSPAPER, 9 letters long, running from row 1, column 3 to row 8, column 5. It is the one word that touches two opposite sides of the board and states the theme outright.

What did the Strands theme “Print edition” mean?

The Strands theme “Print edition” for June 10, 2024 means NEWSPAPER — that is what the spangram spells, and every one of the 7 theme words is an example of it.

How many theme words are in Strands June 10, 2024?

Strands puzzle #99 has 7 theme words plus one spangram, and together they use all 48 letters on the board exactly once.

How difficult was the June 10, 2024 Strands puzzle?

Strands #99 rates easy on a computed index, harder than 13% of every Strands puzzle published since March 2024.

What number was the Strands puzzle on June 10, 2024?

The Strands puzzle published on Monday, June 10, 2024 is #99, counting from the game's launch on March 4, 2024.


Today’s puzzle and its hint ladder are on the front page. This puzzle sits in June 2024, part of the full Strands archive.