NYT Strands today, Aug. 22 -- the spangram for puzzle #902 is MOUNTAINRANGE, and the theme is "Peak Americana". Six theme words sit under it, and every one of them is an American mountain range.

If you would rather solve it yourself, the Strands hints come first and the answers follow further down.

NYT Strands Hints Today, August 22, 2026 (Puzzle #902)

The theme name is a pun. Read "peak" literally and ignore the culture.

Every answer is a place, and every place is in the United States.

Two of them are ordinary colours. One is a boxing film. One is a dishwasher tablet.

The spangram is two words with the space removed, thirteen letters long.

The longest theme word is the least famous range on the board, and it is the one that unlock...