NYT Strands Answers and Hints: All Stories and Key Dates
Every New York Times Strands page, newest first: the clue explained, spangram and theme-word hints, then all the answers from the official puzzle data.
Start hereStrands #979 Hints & Answers Today, November 7, 2026
How Strands works
The board is six letters wide and eight tall. Theme words are made by linking letters that touch, up, down, sideways or diagonally, and every letter is used exactly once.
One special answer, the spangram, names the theme and stretches from one side of the board to the opposite side. Find three words that are not on the theme and you earn a hint that highlights the letters of a theme word.
Every NYT Strands page by date
15 daily pages, newest first. Each link opens the hints; the answers stay in that page's spoiler section.
| Date | Puzzle number | Page |
|---|---|---|
| #988 | Strands #988 hints | |
| #987 | Strands #987 hints | |
| #986 | Strands #986 hints | |
| #985 | Strands #985 hints | |
| #984 | Strands #984 hints | |
| #983 | Strands #983 hints | |
| #982 | Strands #982 hints | |
| #981 | Strands #981 hints | |
| #980 | Strands #980 hints | |
| #979 | Strands #979 hints | |
| #978 | Strands #978 hints | |
| #977 | Strands #977 hints | |
| #975 | Strands #975 hints | |
| #966 | Strands #966 hints | |
| #962 | Strands #962 hints |
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