{
  "id": 15837603,
  "title": "NYT Strands hints, answers for October 21, 2026",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/nyt-strands-hints-answers-for-october-21-2026",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-21T02:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mashable",
    "slug": "mashable",
    "url": "https://mashable.com/entertainment/strands-nyt-hint-october-21-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Today's NYT Strands hint of October 21, 2026, is easy for those who enjoy a challenge. Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, requires players to form words from linked letters in any direction, including diagonals, resulting in unique shapes and patterns. Every letter in the grid will contribute to an answer, and there's always a theme connecting all solutions, along with the spangram, a word or phrase that summarizes the day's theme and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.\n\nThe hint for today's theme, \"On a higher level,\" indicates that the words are related to storage. It explains that the words describe storing things at home. The spangram of today is horizontal. To stay updated with the latest tech and digital culture news, readers can sign up for Mashable's Top Stories newsletter or receive push alerts directly to their devices.\n\nToday's NYT Strands spangram is \"In the Attic.\" Other daily online games available on Mashable include hints for Strands, along with Mahjong, Sudoku, and crossword puzzles. For more games and content creators shaping the internet, readers can explore Mashable's Games page.",
  "summary": "The NYT Strands hints and answers you need to make the most of your puzzling experience.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "TechRadar",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/nyt-connections-hints-and-answers-for-tuesday-october-20-game-1227",
        "published": "2026-10-19T23:00:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "NYT Connections Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for October 20, 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/nyt-connections-sports-edition-today-hints-and-answers-for-october-20",
        "published": "2026-10-20T02:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}