By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.

Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for Thursday, June 5 originally appeared on Parade.

New York Times introduced Strands, a word puzzle game. Players solve it by finding themed words on a grid. A special Spangram stretches across the board. The theme for June 5, 2025, is 'Mary, Mary, quite