NYT Strands hints, answers for September 18, 2026
The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.
The New York Times' word-search game, Strands, provides hints to guide players through its challenging puzzles. Each day's theme connects the words in the grid, with a spangram—a word or phrase spanning the entire grid horizontally or vertically—serving as the central theme. On September 18, 2026, the theme was "Shake on it," with the spangram being placed vertically.
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