NYT Strands February 24 2026 Answers
Puzzle #723
EDITED BY TRACY BENNETTConstructed by Tracy Bennett
Today's theme
“Just for reference”
The board
Hints (no spoilers)
The spangram has 8 letters and starts with L
There are 4 theme words besides the spangram
SPANGRAM
LOOKITUP
THEME WORDS
DICTIONARYDIRECTORYENCYCLOPEDIATHESAURUS
Checked against the official NYT Strands solution
How Strands works
Strands is the NYT's daily word-search twist: find the theme words hidden in the 6×8 board — letters connect in any direction and every letter gets used exactly once. The spangram describes the theme and touches two opposite sides of the board. Play free at nytimes.com.