NYT Strands — July 16, 2026

Every hidden word today is about abruptly changing where you're headed.

Think of the moves a driver, sailor, or hiker makes when the original route stops working.

One word is nautical slang for adjusting a sail's angle; another describes a sharp, jagged back-and-forth path.

A third simply means to depart from what was planned or expected.

The spangram runs diagonally starting in the fourth row and reads as two joined words describing what all the other answers cause you to do.