NYT Strands October 5 2026 Answers
Puzzle #946
EDITED BY TRACY BENNETTConstructed by Tracy Bennett
Today's theme
“Oh well, too bad, such a shame”
The board
Hints (no spoilers)
The spangram has 11 letters and starts with S
There are 6 theme words besides the spangram
SPANGRAM
SADTROMBONE
THEME WORDS
ALASBOOHOOBUMMERSORRYSUCKSUNFORTUNATE
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.