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NYT Strands — September 11, 2026

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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!

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Theme

Harbor view

Spangram

ONTHEWATERFRONT

Theme words

BARGE · BRIDGE · DOCK · LIGHTHOUSE · PIER · SHIP

This puzzle by the numbers

Spangram length
15 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.