NYT Strands hints, answers for September 21, 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, released its hints for September 21, 2026. Strands presents words that can be formed in various directions, including up, down, left, right, or diagonal, with some words changing direction to create unique shapes. Every letter in the grid must be part of an answer, and there's always a theme linking every solution, along with the spangram, which is a word or phrase that sums up the day's theme and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.
For today's Strands theme, the words are related to a popular craze. The spangram for today is vertical. The solution to today's spangram is "Nineties Trend." Additionally, the word list for today includes Scrunchies, Lycra Tracksuits, Grunge, and Neon.
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