NYT Strands October 12 2026 Answers
Puzzle #953
EDITED BY TRACY BENNETTConstructed by Tracy Bennett
Today's theme
“In a manner of speaking”
The board
Hints (no spoilers)
The spangram has 12 letters and starts with T
There are 5 theme words besides the spangram
SPANGRAM
TURNOFPHRASE
THEME WORDS
DIALECTJARGONLINGOPARLANCEVERNACULAR
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.