Strands Answers (August 20, 2026): In this article, you will find the Strands answers and hints for August 20, 2026.
If you are tired of Wordle and Connections, then Strands is another NYT game waiting for you. It is a word puzzle game where the players would be guessing multiple words from a 6×8 grid. It is a wonderful game to show off your knowledge about words, but sometimes Strands can get challenging.
If you are struggling with today’s theme, you have landed at the right place. We will help you find today’s spangram and solve the puzzle with ease.
WARNING: Spoilers ahead! Only read on if you want to know today’s Strands answers.
Today’s Strands Theme
First, let’s look at today’s theme shared on the website.
Today’s theme is: SPLIT SUPERLATIVES
Today’s NYT Strands Hints
If you need some hints to help you, I got you:
Strands Hint 1: What are the starting letters of today’s words?
There are 9 words including the spangram.
Below are the starting letters & lengths for each of the theme words:
- Starts with “B” and has 4 letters.
- Starts with “B” and has 4 letters.
- Starts with “C” and has 4 letters.
- Starts with “G” and has 4 letters.
- Starts with “K” and has 5 letters.
- Starts with “P” and has 7 letters.
- Starts with “S” and has 8 letters.
- Starts with “V” and has 4 letters.
And today’s spangram starts with “Y”.
Strands Hint 2: Where are today’s words located on today’s strands grid?
Here are some clues about their starting positions. For all words except the spangram:
- 2 words start from the top row
- 2 words start from the bottom row
- 2 words start from the left edge of the grid
- 1 word starts from the right edge of the grid
- 2 words start from the middle of the grid
Today’s NYT Strands Clue Words
If you want to hit that Hint button on the Strands game, here are some words to help you out:
- COATED
- DERO
- PADRES
- PARTS
- HEAR
- PARE
The answers are right below. So do not scroll any further if you don’t want to see them.
Today’s NYT Strands Spangram
Now the moment you’ve been waiting for! Today’s Strands Spangram is:
YOURETHE
Today’s NYT Strands Answers
The answers for today’s Strands are right here:
- BEES
- BEST
- CATS
- GOLD
- KNEES
- PAJAMAS
- STANDARD
- VERY
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answer (19 August 2026)
Still trying to solve yesterday’s Strands (Wednesday, 19 August 2026)? Or reading from a different timezone? Don’t worry, we have the answers you need!
Find yesterday’s Strands answers, hints and spangram here.
Yesterday’s Strands theme was:
FOR BETTER OR WURST
Yesterday’s Spangram was:
TOPDOGS
Yesterday’s Strands Answers were:
- CHEESE
- KETCHUP
- MUSTARD
- ONION
- RELISH
- SAUERKRAUT
With that, we’ve covered today’s Strands answers, hints, and spangram. If you’re passionate about word games, we have answers and solvers for nearly all NYT games. If you’re struggling with Wordle, our Wordle Solver is here to help! We also offer resources like the Spelling Bee Solver and Connections Helper for other NYT games.
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Edited by Suryadeepto Sengupta
