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NYT Strands — July 20, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's board is all about things that are extremely small.
Hint 2 of 5
Every hidden word could describe something you'd need a magnifying glass — or a microscope — to fully appreciate.
Hint 3 of 5
Think of words you'd use for a dollhouse, a speck of dust, or a barely-there portion.
Hint 4 of 5
The spangram is a playful, doubled-up way of saying "very small," the kind of phrase you'd coo over a baby's socks or a tiny puppy.
Hint 5 of 5
Spangram: it's the two-word phrase from a classic nursery rhyme about a small spider climbing a waterspout, written as one word.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
Small Talk
ITSYBITSY
TINY · LITTLE · MICROSCOPIC · MINIATURE · MINUSCULE
This puzzle by the numbers
- 9 letters
- 5
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