NYT Strands hints, answers for August 17, 2026
The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.
On August 17, 2026, the New York Times introduced Strands, an elevated word-search game with a twist. Players must find words linked horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, as well as words that change direction, creating unusual shapes and patterns. Every letter in the grid belongs to an answer, and there is always a theme tying all the solutions together, along with a spangram, a special word or phrase that summarizes the day's theme and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.
Today's Strands hint suggests that the words relate to things that bend. The spangram for today's puzzle is horizontal. The NYT Strands spangram answer for August 17 is Body Joints.
The word list for today's Strands includes: Elbow, Ankle, Neck, Wrist, Knuckle, Shoulder, and Knee. For other daily online games, visit Mashable's Games page, which offers hints and more puzzles.
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