India, July 24 -- NYT Strands Today July 24, 2026 (#873): Strands by the New York Times keeps increasing in popularity as a word game that combines traditional word search puzzles with thematic challenges. The puzzles always feature a theme in which the players have to find a set of words that are connected by an idea, where one word acts as a spangram. Thanks to its large player base in New York Times Games, Strands has become one of the most popular puzzles, where players can build on their vocabularies and word pattern recognition skills. Here is all you need to know about Strands #873.

What is NYT Strands?

The NYT Strands game is a word search game played daily where all the hidden words will have a particular theme. In contrast to ...