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NYT Strands — August 11, 2026

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Hints — one at a time

Hint 1 of 5

Today's grid is about produce you'd pick up at a farm stand in the warmer months.

Hint 2 of 5

Every non-spangram word names a vegetable or fruit commonly picked in summer.

Hint 3 of 5

The spangram is a two-word phrase, run together in the grid, describing the seasonal bounty these foods represent.

Hint 4 of 5

It stretches from one edge of the board to the other, pairing the hottest season with the act of gathering crops.

Hint 5 of 5

Look for CARROT, CORN, MELON, PEPPER, TOMATO and ZUCCHINI, all spanned by SUMMERHARVEST.

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Theme

Fresh from the market

Spangram

SUMMERHARVEST

Theme words

CARROT · CORN · MELON · PEPPER · TOMATO · ZUCCHINI

This puzzle by the numbers

Spangram length
13 letters
Theme words to find
6

Counted from our own archive of NYT Strands answers — not published anywhere else.

A tall Strands-style board six tiles wide, mostly blank, with two highlighted rows: a pink one spelling FLOWER right across the board and a shorter amber one spelling ROSE
On the Strands board the theme word and the shorter answers are traced straight through the letters. Example board, not today’s puzzle.