If your actual to-do list has been giving you the side-eye all day, good news, because today’s NYT Strands answers are basically themed after your inbox. Puzzle number 906, live for August 26, 2026, leans into the everyday grind of getting things done, and it turns out that grind makes for a surprisingly satisfying word search. Whether you’re a Strands veteran who solves it over morning coffee or someone who just discovered this addictive little cousin of Wordle, here is everything you need to fill the board without losing your patience.
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What is today’s Strands theme
The theme for August 26 is simply put as a nod to daily responsibility, or as the puzzle itself frames it, “all in a day’s work.” Every hidden word in the grid ties back to the small tasks that quietly run our lives, the kind of stuff that never makes headlines but somehow eats up an entire afternoon.
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A hint if you are stuck
Still staring blankly at the letters? Think in terms of a to-do list. That single phrase should nudge you toward most of the theme words hiding in today’s grid.
Clue words that unlock in-game hints
Strands rewards persistence even before you spot the theme words. Find any three words of four or more letters and the game will reveal one hint automatically. Some non-theme words that work in today’s grid include part, pars, tout, jets, gets, prone, hear and heard. You do not need these exact ones; any valid four-letter-plus word nudges the game along.
Today’s Strands answers
Here are the theme words tucked into puzzle #906, apart from the spangram:
chore,
duty,
task,
errand,
assignment and
project.
Each one is a different flavour of the same idea, something you have to do whether you feel like it or not.
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Today’s Strands spangram
The spangram, the word that stretches from one edge of the board to the other and usually gives the whole puzzle its identity, is part of the job. To trace it, start from the P sitting in the top row and let it wind its way down and across the grid.
