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NYT Strands — October 24, 2026

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Hints — one at a time

Hint 1 of 5

Today's grid is full of things you'd find while doing a household chore involving clean clothes.

Hint 2 of 5

Every non-spangram word names an item or appliance used for this chore.

Hint 3 of 5

One entry holds dirty clothes before washing, another presses out wrinkles afterward.

Hint 4 of 5

The spangram names the chore itself.

Hint 5 of 5

Look for BASKET, DETERGENT, DRYER, IRON, RACK, SINK and WASHER, all spanned by LAUNDRYDAY.

The answer — spoilers!

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Theme

Re-fresh-ing

Spangram

LAUNDRYDAY

Theme words

BASKET · DETERGENT · DRYER · IRON · RACK · SINK · WASHER

This puzzle by the numbers

Spangram length
10 letters
Theme words to find
7

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.