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Another day, another dollar. Or at least another New York Times Strands grid to solve. The 128th Strands, to be precise. The latest game on the NYTs Games App is a lot of fun—a classic twist on those word grid games we played as kids. The big difference? Every single letter on the grid belongs to a word, and every word belongs to a theme.
I’m here to help you solve this without having to use any of the game’s official hints. Let’s dive right in!
What Is Today’s Strands Hint?
Scroll slowly! Just after the hint for today’s Strands puzzle, I’ll reveal what the answer words are.
The official theme hint for today’s Strand puzzle is: Now on exhibit
Here’s an extra thematic clue to help guide you to the solution: Gallery
What Are Today’s Strands Answers?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any further down the page until you’re ready to find out today’s Strands answers.
Today’s Spangram
I’ll first tell you the spangram and show you where that is on the grid. Then I’ll provide more hints for the remaining words, and finally the entire grid.
This is your final spoiler warning!
Today’s Strands spangram is . . .
ARTMUSEUM
Here’s where the Spangram is on the grid:
All Today’s Strands Answers
I’ll give some hints for each word before I show the answers, as some of these were pretty tricky while others were easy as pie. Here are the first two letters of each word so you can try to guess them first:
If you need extra help, spoilers below!
Here’s the full list of words:
- LITHOGRAPH
- MURAL
- COLLAGE
- SCULPTURE
- PAINTING
Today’s Strands Breakdown
Not a super hard Strands today. Funnily enough, I saw LITHOGRAPH almost instantly despite it probably being the trickiest word on here. Pretty soon after that I spotted MUSEUM, though there were actually two competing ways it could be spelled. When neither worked, I figured it was part of the spangram and worked backwards until I found that. Only four words remained, and while there were some tricky parts—PAINT could be spelled a couple different ways and it wasn’t until I found the ING that I solved that one—but once I had that and MURAL the last two fell quickly enough.
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