NYT Strands May 12 2026 Answers
Puzzle #800
EDITED BY TRACY BENNETTConstructed by Tracy Bennett
Today's theme
“Quite the pair”
The board
Hints (no spoilers)
The spangram has 10 letters and starts with F
There are 6 theme words besides the spangram
SPANGRAM
FANCYPANTS
THEME WORDS
GAUCHOHAREMPALAZZOSAILORTOREADORTUXEDO
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.