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NYT Strands — August 28, 2026

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Hint 1 of 5

Today's grid honors a historic speech delivered on this date in 1963.

Hint 2 of 5

Every non-spangram word is a value or ideal at the heart of that famous address.

Hint 3 of 5

One entry describes the bond of unity among all people; another is what the speech's call for equal treatment under the law was really about.

Hint 4 of 5

The spangram is the opening phrase of the speech itself, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial.

Hint 5 of 5

Look for BROTHERHOOD, FREEDOM, HOPE, JUSTICE and TOGETHER, all spanned by IHAVEADREAM.

The answer — spoilers!

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Theme

On this day in 1963

Spangram

IHAVEADREAM

Theme words

BROTHERHOOD · FREEDOM · HOPE · JUSTICE · TOGETHER

This puzzle by the numbers

Spangram length
11 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.