Strands Hints & Answers Today June 29, 2024

Introduction

Hi and welcome to the puzzle instruction for the current NYT Strand! If you're looking for advice and solutions for today's puzzle, you've come to the right place. Word suggestions, a Spangram, and the topic are included in this article to help make the puzzle easy to solve and entertaining.

Today's Theme: "It's Way Over Your Head"

The New York Times has announced that today's Strands topic is "It's way over your head." The astronomical objects that abound in the vastness of space are the focus of this theme.

Spangram Solution

The Spangram for June 29, 2024, is OUTERSPACE. A Spangram is a word that uses every letter in the puzzle at least once, and "OUTERSPACE" perfectly captures today's theme of astronomical objects.

Location of the Spangram

The word "OUTERSPACE" runs from left to right in the letters grid, anchoring the puzzle’s theme and helping you find related words.

Theme Word Hints

To assist you in pinpointing the theme words, here are some helpful hints:

1. Hint 1: Circles the Earth

   • This hint leads to the word MOON, Earth’s natural satellite that orbits our planet.

2. Hint 2: A ball of ice and dust in space

   • This hint refers to COMET, a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust that, when near the sun, has a visible atmosphere and sometimes a tail.

Additional Random Words

If the above hints are not enough, you can fill the in-game hint meter to unlock more tips. Here are some random words that might help you in your quest to find today’s words: TILE, COME, LAND, METER, STEM, TRAP, REMS, TASTE, & PARSE.

Answers for Today's Strands

You're eager to find the answers if you've read this far. The following are today's Strands these words:

1. The moon is a natural satellite of Earth that circles the planet.
2. A planet is a celestial body that travels in an elliptical orbit around a star.
3. ASTEROID: A tiny rocky object that orbits the sun; it is primarily located in the belt of asteroids around Jupiter and Mars.
4. A galaxy is a system made up of millions or billions of stars, gas, and dust that are all pulled together by gravity.
5. COMET: A celestial object with an ice and dust nucleus that occasionally has a tail and an atmosphere observable when it is close to the sun.
6. SATELLITE: A man-made object launched into orbit around the earth, moon, or another planet for communication or data collection purposes.