Today’s NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for July 26 #875

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We've got you. James Martin/CNET Today’s Strands puzzle isn’t too tough. But some of the answers could be difficult to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on.

Hint for today’s Strands puzzle Trending Now Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 23, #1860 07/22/2026 Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 25, #1862 07/24/2026 Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 24, #1861 07/23/2026 Today’s Strands theme is: All-knowing. If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Smarty-pants. Clue words to unlock in-game hints Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme.

If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints, but any words of four or more letters that you find will work: PEAT, SATYR, BRAIN, BUND, TUBS, PERT, LINE, SITE, SPITE, MICE, SEAL Answers for today’s Strands puzzle These are the answers that tie into the theme.

The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight, but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers: GURU, MAVEN, EXPERT, PUNDIT, SPECIALIST, AUTHORITY Today’s Strands spangram Today’s Strands spangram is BIGBRAIN.

To find it, start with the B that is four letters down on the far-left vertical row, and wind across. Get CNET's top-rated VPN for privacy and usability See at ExpressVPN Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s."

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We've got you. James Martin/CNET Today’s Strands puzzle isn’t too tough. But some of the answers could be difficult to unscramble, so if you need hints and answers, read on.

Hint for today’s Strands puzzle Trending Now Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 23, #1860 07/22/2026 Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 25, #1862 07/24/2026 Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for July 24, #1861 07/23/2026 Today’s Strands theme is: All-knowing. If that doesn’t help you, here’s a clue: Smarty-pants. Clue words to unlock in-game hints Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the puzzle’s theme.

If you’re stuck, find any words you can. Every time you find three words of four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get those hints, but any words of four or more letters that you find will work: PEAT, SATYR, BRAIN, BUND, TUBS, PERT, LINE, SITE, SPITE, MICE, SEAL Answers for today’s Strands puzzle These are the answers that tie into the theme.

The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. When you have all of them (I originally thought there were always eight, but learned that the number can vary), every letter on the board will be used. Here are the nonspangram answers: GURU, MAVEN, EXPERT, PUNDIT, SPECIALIST, AUTHORITY Today’s Strands spangram Today’s Strands spangram is BIGBRAIN.

To find it, start with the B that is four letters down on the far-left vertical row, and wind across. Get CNET's top-rated VPN for privacy and usability See at ExpressVPN Gael Cooper CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The Totally Sweet '90s."

She's been a journalist since 1989, wor