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NYT Strands — August 24, 2026

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Hints — one at a time

Hint 1 of 5

Today's grid is a tempting tin of baked treats.

Hint 2 of 5

Every non-spangram word names a type of cookie you might find at a holiday bake sale.

Hint 3 of 5

One entry is a chewy coconut treat; another is a cinnamon-sugar-coated classic named for its crackled top.

Hint 4 of 5

The spangram is where you'd keep all of these goodies stashed at home.

Hint 5 of 5

Look for MACAROON, SNAP, SNICKERDOODLE, SNOWBALL and SPRITZ, all spanned by COOKIEJAR.

The answer — spoilers!

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Theme

You can't eat just one

Spangram

COOKIEJAR

Theme words

MACAROON · SNAP · SNICKERDOODLE · SNOWBALL · SPRITZ

This puzzle by the numbers

Spangram length
9 letters
Theme words to find
5

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.