Archive last updated: Jul 26, 2026

Strands Archive: Past Puzzles & Answers by Date

Browse every past NYT Strands puzzle below, organized by date. Each entry includes the puzzle's theme, spangram, and full theme word list — solved and verified by our team the same day it was released.

Date	Theme	Spangram	Link
Jul 25, 2026	Frocks and smocks	YOUWEARITWELL	View puzzle →
Jul 24, 2026	There's more where that came from	ANDTHENSOME	View puzzle →
Jul 23, 2026	Hail to the chief petty officer	NAVYRANKS	View puzzle →
Jul 22, 2026	"What is ..."	INJEOPARDY	View puzzle →
Jul 21, 2026	Write there	STATIONERY	View puzzle →
Jul 20, 2026	Small talk	ITSYBITSY	View puzzle →
Jul 19, 2026	Big talk	SUPERSIZEIT	View puzzle →
Jul 18, 2026	A healthy breakfast	BOWLOFGRANOLA	View puzzle →
Jul 17, 2026	Categorically speaking	TRIVIALPURSUIT	View puzzle →
Jul 16, 2026	"Rerouting ..."	CHANGECOURSE	View puzzle →
Jul 15, 2026	Rose-colored glasses	PIEINTHESKY	View puzzle →
Jul 14, 2026	Make yourself comfortable	HAVEASEAT	View puzzle →
Jul 13, 2026	Just what I needed	HITSTHESPOT	View puzzle →
Jul 12, 2026	In the Big Apple	EMPIRESTATE	View puzzle →
Jul 11, 2026	Fishy fare	CASSEROLE	View puzzle →
Jul 10, 2026	"I think ..."	WECANMAKEIT	View puzzle →
Jul 09, 2026	On the lips	KISSANDMAKEUP	View puzzle →
Jul 08, 2026	Here comes trouble	LITTLEDEVIL	View puzzle →
Jul 07, 2026	Hitching a ride	IGETAROUND	View puzzle →
Jul 06, 2026	The growing season	SUMMERTIME	View puzzle →

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Complete Strands Archive Directory (553 Puzzles)

Direct crawlable links to every daily Strands puzzle in history.

Jul 25, 2026

Frocks and smocks

Jul 24, 2026

There's more where that came from

Jul 23, 2026

Hail to the chief petty officer

Categorically speaking

Make yourself comfortable

Barking up the right tree

Jul 04, 2026

Ooh!

Jul 03, 2026

It's like talking to a brick wall

The mark of a good composer

"I'll gobble you up!"

Something to talk about

Jun 11, 2026

Oozing

Jun 10, 2026

Something just clicked

By any other name ...

Jun 02, 2026

Caught in the Net

Jun 01, 2026

Shall we gather for lunch?

May the forest be with you

Attention, attention!

On the shopping block

Apr 24, 2026

Hullabaloo

Apr 23, 2026

Provinces of the pantheon

It's a little unclear

We're going under cover

While you were sleeping ...

Get over it ... or get through it

Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

A math teacher's favorite dessert

That time of year again

Everything's in place

Mar 02, 2026

Home office alternative

That's really out there!

It's part of the game

The straight and narrow

That's not very polite

That's putting it mildly!

Appeal to a hire power

That's just reality (TV)

I've never seen that before!

Jan 02, 2026

Home is where the hearth is

Jan 01, 2026

Not your average joe

Dec 31, 2025

One good turn deserves another

Dec 30, 2025

2025 Top Twenty

Dec 29, 2025

Are you putting me on?

On the chopping block

Let me count the ways

Grammatically speaking

What a piece of work!

Nov 28, 2025

If all else fails ...

Heard at the board meeting

We can see right through them

A case of the Mondays

It's not polite to lick your plate

And the category is ...

The slightest touch …

Oct 01, 2025

That's got a ring to it!

Practice makes perfect

Things are starting to take shape

A long time in the making

Rub it in, why don't you?

Aug 22, 2025

Whodunit?

Aug 21, 2025

Marvel-ous and then some

A rip-roaring good time

Aug 09, 2025

Gastronomic gadgets

Aug 08, 2025

Kings of swing and bebop

"Sorry, didn't catch that"

Aug 02, 2025

Pretty as a picture

Jul 30, 2025

You've got that right

Jul 29, 2025

You got that right

Jul 28, 2025

Inch by inch, row by row

Won't you be my neighbor?

Jul 13, 2025

Completely fabricated

This is for the birds

Mary, Mary, quite ...

Next to the bobby pins

May 30, 2025

And here's the kicker ...

Get out the dust buster!

Keeping an eye on things

Find the missing links

Star Wars: A New Hope

Get your mind out of the gutter

That's quite a (tasty) mouthful

The feeling is mutual

That's an equine of a different shade!

What goes around comes around

Mar 12, 2025

Bearing gifts

Mar 11, 2025

What's the magic word?

Mar 10, 2025

You're pushing my buttons

It's our game-iversary!

"Fire represents your life"

Feb 25, 2025

Life is like a box of chocolates

Here we (don't) go again

Feb 21, 2025

"To infinity and beyond!"

Feb 20, 2025

Together for the present

Will you be my valentine?

"Attention all shoppers"

Feb 10, 2025

The munchies

Feb 09, 2025

We are the champions!

I'm a person of my word

Feb 05, 2025

What's your reaction?

Stopping by woods on a snowy evening

Curiouser and curiouser!

The time of our lives

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