NYT Strands hints, answers for August 22, 2026
The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.
On August 22, 2026, the New York Times introduced a theme for its elevated word-search game Strands. Today's theme revolves around peak Americana, specifically mountain peaks in America.
In Strands, players must create words from linked letters in various directions, including up, down, left, right, or diagonal, and even with direction changes, resulting in unique shapes and patterns. Every letter in the grid is essential to forming an answer. A spangram, a special word or phrase that represents the day's theme, spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.
Today's spangram is a horizontal word, and players are encouraged to try and solve it. The solution to today's Strands puzzle is Mountain Range, along with the following words: Green, White, Smoky, Sawtooth, Cascade, and Rocky.
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