NYT Strands October 11 2026 Answers
Puzzle #952
EDITED BY TRACY BENNETTConstructed by Jen Scheerer
Today's theme
“They don't make 'em like they used to”
The board
Hints (no spoilers)
The spangram has 12 letters and starts with O
There are 5 theme words besides the spangram
SPANGRAM
OLDFASHIONED
THEME WORDS
ICEBOXINKWELLPAGERTELEGRAMTYPEWRITER
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.