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NYT Strands — October 4, 2026
Hints — one at a time
Hint 1 of 5
Today's grid is full of classic coin-operated games you'd find at an old-school arcade.
Hint 2 of 5
Every non-spangram word is the title of a vintage video game.
Hint 3 of 5
One entry has you blasting space rocks; another has you hopping across traffic to reach the other side of the screen.
Hint 4 of 5
The spangram names the broader category these games all belong to.
Hint 5 of 5
Look for ASTEROIDS, CENTIPEDE, FROGGER, PONG and SCRAMBLE, all spanned by ARCADEGAMES.
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ARCADEGAMES
ASTEROIDS · CENTIPEDE · FROGGER · PONG · SCRAMBLE
This puzzle by the numbers
- 11 letters
- 5
Counted from our own archive of NYT Strands answers — not published anywhere else.
