{
  "id": 18822076,
  "title": "NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, November 8 (game #980)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/nyt-strands-hints-and-answers-for-sunday-november-8-game-980",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-08T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechRadar",
    "slug": "techradar",
    "url": "https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-8-november-2026"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The theme of today's NYT Strands puzzle is \"Disciplined combat.\" To unlock in-game hints, players can play any of the following clue words: TRICK, WAKE, STORE, MUST, JUNTA, STUNT, or DART. The spangram in today's game consists of 11 letters. It touches the left side, fifth row, and the right side, eighth row. The answers to today's Strands game #980 are KICKBOXING, JUDO, KARATE, TAEKWONDO, NINJUTSU. The spangram for this puzzle is MARTIALARTS. Players rated the difficulty of today's game as easy and scored a perfect match. The only challenge was recognizing Jujitsu as one of the martial arts in the spangram.",
  "summary": "Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Mashable",
        "title": "NYT Connections hints today: Clues, answers for November 6, 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/nyt-connections-hints-today-clues-answers-for-november-6-2026",
        "published": "2026-11-06T03:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}