NYT Strands — July 29, 2026

Today's puzzle theme is about human figures that aren't actually alive.

Think of things shaped like a person that you'd find in a store window, a workshop, or on a pedestal.

The spangram is a single word meaning built, assembled, or manufactured rather than born.

It snakes across the whole board and describes how every theme word came to exist.

Theme words include a child's toy, a tailor's or artist's model, a small collectible figure, a strings-attached performer, and a carved or cast likeness on display.