Strands

The puzzle tests your vocabulary and deduction skills as you identify words that fit the theme while avoiding misleading clues. Today’s NYT Strands answers describe ‘hesitant behaviors,’ and the Spang ...

NYT Strands for August 29, 2026, features the theme “Now we’re cooking!” with six food-related sounds. The spangram is “SOUNDS TASTY,” alongside answers such as SIZZLE, CRACKLE, and HISS.

NYT Strands for August 28, 2026 has a historic theme tied to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. The answers include Hope, Freedom, Justice, Together and Brotherhood.

NYT Strands #907 for August 27 has a “Spiraling definitions” theme, with hints, the WHAT A TWIST spangram, and five answers.

NYT Strands #906 for August 26 brings an “All in a day’s work” theme with six answers and the PART OF THE JOB spangram.