NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, June 24 (game #843)

Looking for a different day?

A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, June 23 (game #842).

Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game.

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 #843) – hint #1 – today’s theme

What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?

• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Just chill

NYT Strands today (game #843) – hint #2 – clue words

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

STEEL
MOVE
ZERO
MUCH
TEAR
BARD

NYT Strands today (game #843) – hint #3 – spangram letters

How many letters are in today’s spangram?

• Spangram has 15 letters

NYT Strands today (game #843) – hint #4 – spangram position

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

First side: left, 5th row

Last side: right, 5th row

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

NYT Strands today (game #843) – the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 843 on a blue background — (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today’s Strands, game #843, are…

BEER
SELTZER
KOMBUCHA
JUICE
WATER
SODA
SPANGRAM: BEVERAGECOOLERS

My rating: Easy
My score: Perfect

The weather is scorching hot in the UK, so my mind automatically went to words connected with staying cool.

However, I realized after spotting BEER that we were instead looking for cooling beverages — or BEVERAGECOOLERS according to the lengthy spangram.

My cooling beverage of choice — iced tea — didn’t make the cut, but as a second best I’d go with a KOMBUCHA, which is a bit of an upgrade on a regular tea drink but part of the same family, like a distant fancy auntie.