India, July 2 -- NYT Strands still draws word puzzle aficionados through its combination of vocabulary, pattern identification, and thematic puzzles. The latest puzzle, #851, was published on Thursday, July 2, 2026, with the theme of "Added flavor" challenging the solver to find words that relate to commonly used sauces. In common with other NYT word puzzles, Strands changes everyday to provide a new puzzle, complete with one Spangram and a number of theme-based words while the grids have scores of letters but only a few can be combined to form the puzzle answers.

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the word search game offered by The New York Times on a daily basis, where participants are required to find the words associated with each oth...