NYT Strands hints, answers for October 23, 2026
The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.
The New York Times' Strands game for October 23, 2026, begins with a hint suggesting to pay attention to details that may not be immediately relevant. Strands is an elevated word-search game where players must find words in a grid, with words able to connect in any direction and change direction, creating unique shapes and patterns.
Every letter in the grid is part of an answer, and there is a theme linking all solutions, along with a spangram, a word or phrase that encapsulates the day's theme and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.
The hint for today's Strands theme is "None of your beeswax!", which means the words are related to curiosity and being nosy. The spangram hint for today's game is whether it is vertical or horizontal, and it turns out to be horizontal. The answer to today's NYT Strands spangram is "Busy Body."
Here is the word list for today's Strands puzzle: Nosy, Prying, Inquisitive, Snoopy, and Eavesdropping. For more tech and digital culture news, sign up for Mashable's Top Stories newsletter or enable push alerts.
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