New York Times Strands Hints and Answers for August 26, 2024

Strands has yet another grid of letters, filled to the brim with themed words to find. If you don’t know much about the theme, and you don’t want to use the in-game hints for any reason, this article is here to help you.

In the sections below, you can find everything you need to solve this one except for the rules of how to play Strands. This contains sections with overall clues for the theme for today, spoilers for a couple of the individual words and their placements, and even the full answer the whole thing.

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The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #176 August 26, 2024

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The Strands puzzle for today has the clue See You On The Court. It has eight items to find: one Spangram and seven themed words.

New York Times Games Strands Clues

Strands, the browser-based puzzle game from the NYT, has an in-game hint system that gives whole words away. If that is too much of a spoiler for you, you should check out the three sections below; each one contains a general hint that will get you closer to the theme.

General Hint 1

Click to Reveal New York Times Strands Clue

Hint 1
: The court is a playing surface.

General Hint 2

Hint 2
: This court is where a common game is played.

General Hint 3

Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands

Spoilers for today’s New York TimesStrands can be found in the two sections below. Each one contains one spoiled word and where it goes in the letter grid; click the Read More button below them to open them up.

Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands

The full answer to this minimalist puzzle game is in the expandable section below. Open it up to peek at all the themed words and where each goes in the puzzle’s letter jumble.

The category for today is
GrandSlam
. The words are Love, Smash, Racket, Forehand, Slice, Serve, and Volley.

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Today’s Strands Explained

Want an explanation for today’s puzzle? Check out the expandable section below to see how the clue, the Spangram, and the themed words all fit together to make sense.

See You On The Court
refers to how all the themed words are about tennis matches, and one of the biggest of these is a
Grand Slam.

Want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Strands website, available on almost any device with a browser.