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NYT Strands — September 11, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's grid is full of things you'd spot along a harbor or coastline.
Hint 2 of 5
Every non-spangram word is something found at or near where land meets water for shipping or docking.
Hint 3 of 5
One entry is a flat-bottomed cargo boat; another is the tower that guides ships safely to shore at night.
Hint 4 of 5
The spangram is the phrase for the strip of land bordering a body of water.
Hint 5 of 5
Look for BARGE, BRIDGE, DOCK, LIGHTHOUSE, PIER and SHIP, all spanned by ONTHEWATERFRONT.
The answer — spoilers!
Reveal the full answer
Harbor view
ONTHEWATERFRONT
BARGE · BRIDGE · DOCK · LIGHTHOUSE · PIER · SHIP
This puzzle by the numbers
- 15 letters
- 6
Counted from our own archive of NYT Strands answers — not published anywhere else.
