NYT Strands hints, answers for September 19, 2026
The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.
Today's New York Times Strands hints for September 19, 2026 are easy for Johnny Depp fans. In Strands, a twist on the classic word search game, players must create words from linked letters in any direction, including diagonals, forming unique shapes and patterns. Every letter within the grid is part of at least one solution. Each puzzle has a theme, a spangram—a word or phrase that encapsulates the day's theme and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.
The game provides a cryptic hint without offering a word list, creating a challenging experience that takes longer to complete than other NYT games like Wordle and Connections.
For today's puzzle, the theme is Shiver me timbers! The words are related to sea creatures. The spangram for today's puzzle is horizontal.
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The spangram answer for today is "Talk Like a Pirate."
Here is the word list for today's puzzle:
- Avast
- Yohoho
- Savvy
- Hearties
- Matey
- Like a Pirate
- Arrr
For other daily online games, check out Mashable's Games page for hints and additional puzzles. If you're looking for the solution to yesterday's Strands, it's available on Mashable's games hub.
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