Strandshas a whole new 6x8 letter grid filled with a selection of themed words to find. All those words are a mystery, and you have to figure out both them and the main theme based on a single clue. If all that wasn’t hard enough, you’re able to use all the letters in the grid only once to win.
If you are struggling with this difficultpuzzle game, you can find some helpful hints, spoilers, and more in the article below. No matter what you need to solve this insane challenge, you can find it in this guide.
The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #245 June 09, 2025
TheStrandspuzzle for today has the clueIn My Kingdom, and it contains eight things to find: the Spangram and seven themed words.
New York Times Games Strands Clues
While there is an in-game hint system built into therules ofStrands, it does give away whole words instead of just nudging you in the right direction. In the three sections below, you can find spoiler-free hints to the theme of this puzzle.
General Hint 1
Hint 1: What are some things that are inside of a Kingdom?
Hint 3: Animal groups for categorization.
Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands
If you want to see some spoilers, but don’t want to look for non-themed words to save up for a hint, look into the two expandable sections below. Each one contains just one spoiled word and a screenshot of where it goes in the letter grid.
Word 2: Family
The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands
If you want to see the answer to theNew York Times GamesStrands, you have scrolled to the right section. Inside the expandable section below will be all the themed words, the Spangram, and where each goes in the puzzle’s grid.
The category for today isTaxonomy. The words are Domain, Family, Genus, Phylum, Species, Class, and Order.
Today’s Strands Explained
Don’t get thisminimalist puzzle game’s theme, clue, and how they fit together? In the section below, you may find a breakdown of everything about this puzzle and what it all means.
In My Kingdomis in reference to how Kingdom is the highest standard for categorizing animals into proper categories. Each of the themed words are different levels of putting animals in the right groups.
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