If you are currently viewing this, you are in search of help with Strands, the sophisticated word-search game from the New York Times.
Strands prompts players to form words from interconnected letters in any direction, including altering directions and creating distinctive shapes. Each letter within the grid is included in an answer, connected by a theme that links all solutions alongside a “spangram” which embodies the day’s theme, traversing the grid either horizontally or vertically.
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Strands offers a vague hint and does not provide the word list, delivering a cognitive challenge that requires more time than games such as Wordle and Connections.
If you find yourself at an impasse or are pressed for time, we supply all the NYT Strands hints you require to advance at your own pace.
The NYT Strands puzzle for today should be simple to complete if you are on time.
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NYT Strands hint for the current theme: As old as time
The words are associated with time.
Today’s NYT Strands theme explained clearly
These words pertain to a timekeeping device.
NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?
Today’s NYT Strands spangram is vertical.
NYT Strands spangram answer today
Today’s spangram is Grandfather Clock.
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NYT Strands word list for September 26
– Chimes
– Winder
– Grandfather Clock
– Gears
– Weights
– Pendulum
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