#468Saturday, June 14, 2025
Strands answers for June 14, 2025 — “It's a banner day” (#468)
Spoilers below — this page is the full record for this puzzle
The NYT Strands spangram for June 14, 2025 (puzzle #468) is FLAGSYMBOL, a 10-letter answer to the theme "It's a banner day". The 7 theme words are CROSS, CROWN, MOON, SHIELD, STAR, STRIPE and TRIANGLE.
Where is each answer on the June 14 Strands board?
Strands #468 resolves to these 7 theme words plus the spangram FLAGSYMBOL.
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.
| Answer | Letters | Starts | Ends | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CROSS | 5 | row 7, column 5 | row 8, column 6 | diagonally across the grid |
| CROWN | 5 | row 1, column 5 | row 3, column 6 | diagonally across the grid |
| MOON | 4 | row 6, column 3 | row 5, column 1 | diagonally across the grid |
| SHIELD | 6 | row 6, column 5 | row 4, column 6 | diagonally across the grid |
| STAR | 4 | row 2, column 2 | row 2, column 1 | diagonally across the grid |
| STRIPE | 6 | row 4, column 1 | row 3, column 1 | diagonally across the grid |
| TRIANGLE | 8 | row 6, column 1 | row 8, column 3 | diagonally across the grid |
| FLAGSYMBOL | 10 | row 8, column 4 | row 1, column 4 | bottom to top |
What did the June 14 Strands grid look like?
Puzzle #468 is played on 48 letters arranged in eight rows of six.
Spangram — 10 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 A-T-O-L-C-O, row 2 reads R-S-B-M-R-W, row 3 reads E-P-I-Y-L-N, row 4 reads S-T-R-S-E-D, row 5 reads N-O-O-G-I-H, row 6 reads T-R-M-A-S-R, row 7 reads N-A-I-L-C-O, and row 8 reads G-L-E-F-S-S.
How hard was the June 14 Strands puzzle?
The difficulty index rates puzzle #468 as easy: it sits at the 3th percentile of every Strands grid to date.
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 14 Strands puzzle?
Strands puzzle #468 was edited by Tracy Bennett and constructed by Christina Iverson. Output across the whole run is broken down on who makes NYT Strands.
Common questions about the June 14 Strands puzzle
What was the clue for Strands on June 14, 2025?
The Strands clue for June 14, 2025 is “It's a banner day”, on puzzle #468. It is answered by the spangram FLAGSYMBOL, and all 7 theme words that day belong to that idea.
What were the Strands words on June 14, 2025?
The 7 Strands theme words for June 14, 2025 are CROSS, CROWN, MOON, SHIELD, STAR, STRIPE and TRIANGLE, plus the spangram FLAGSYMBOL.
What was the big word in the June 14, 2025 Strands?
The big word — the spangram — for June 14, 2025 is FLAGSYMBOL, 10 letters long, running from row 8, column 4 to row 1, column 4. It is the one word that touches two opposite sides of the board and states the theme outright.
What did the Strands theme “It's a banner day” mean?
The Strands theme “It's a banner day” for June 14, 2025 means FLAGSYMBOL — 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 14, 2025?
Strands puzzle #468 has 7 theme words plus one spangram, and together they use all 48 letters on the board exactly once.
How difficult was the June 14, 2025 Strands puzzle?
Strands #468 rates easy on a computed index, harder than 3% of every Strands puzzle published since March 2024.
What number was the Strands puzzle on June 14, 2025?
The Strands puzzle published on Saturday, June 14, 2025 is #468, 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 2025, part of the full Strands archive.