NYT Strands #926 for September 15, 2026 follows the theme “If you build it,” with answers linked to hardware and construction.
Today's spangram is HARDWARE, which runs horizontally across the grid.
The eight theme words are ANCHOR, BOLT, BRACKET, HINGE, JOIST, KNOB, NAIL, and SCREW, alongside the spangram.
Another NYT Strands puzzle is here for Tuesday, September 15, 2026. Today’s challenge follows the theme “If you build it” and asks players to find words connected to building, fixing and construction hardware. The clues below offer a way to make progress without revealing every answer straight away.
The official theme for September 15 is “If you build it.”
The theme points toward everyday hardware and construction pieces used to connect, support, secure or finish structures. The answers include familiar fasteners such as nails and screws, along with other components used in construction and furniture.
A second clue for today’s puzzle is “The words are related to fixing things.” This helps narrow the theme further for players who are still searching through the grid.
NYT Strands is a word-search game where players find words connected to the daily theme. Words can move horizontally, vertically or diagonally across the board, creating paths that are not always easy to spot.
The spangram is the key word or phrase that describes the puzzle's theme. It touches two opposite sides of the grid and is highlighted in yellow when found. Players can also find non-theme words to earn hints, with every three such words providing a clue.
Today's main theme hint is:
“If you build it”
A more direct clue is:
“The words are related to fixing things.”
The theme words are connected to hardware, construction and the different pieces used to hold objects and structures together.
Still looking for the longest answer?
Today's spangram runs horizontally across the grid. That can make it easier to spot once you start looking for a word that describes the overall category.
Think of the general category that includes nails, screws, hinges, bolts and other building components.
The September 15, 2026 spangram is:
HARDWARE
The word captures the central idea of today's puzzle and connects the other answers through the broad category of hardware and construction components.
The complete answer list for today's puzzle includes:
ANCHOR
BOLT
BRACKET
HINGE
JOIST
KNOB
NAIL
SCREW
HARDWARE - Spangram
Each theme word describes a piece or component associated with construction, fastening, building or household hardware.
The challenge comes from the number of answers that fit the broad construction theme. Words such as BOLT, NAIL, SCREW and HINGE are familiar hardware terms, but answers such as JOIST and BRACKET may take longer to identify.
The spangram also gives players an important clue about the puzzle's overall category. Once HARDWARE is found, the connection between the remaining answers becomes much easier to understand.
NYT Strands continues to give players a different theme each day, with the spangram often providing the strongest clue to the overall puzzle. Today's “If you build it” theme focuses on hardware and construction pieces used to build, connect and secure things.
For players who were stuck on Strands #926, the answers provide a clear route through the grid. A new puzzle will bring another theme and another set of hidden words in the next daily challenge.
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