NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, July 27 (game #876)

Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Sunday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers

<![CDATA[ <article> <div class="fancy-box"><div class="fancy_box-title">Looking for a different day?</div><div class="fancy_box_body"><p class="fancy-box__body-text">A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. <strong>If you're looking for Sunday's puzzle instead</strong> then click here: <a data-analytics-id="inline-link" href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands-today-answers-hints-26-july-2026"><strong>NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, July 26 (game #875)</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p></div></div><p>Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.</p><p>Want more word-based fun? Then check out my <a href="https://www.techradar.com/gaming/nyt-connections-today-answers-hints-27-july-2026">NYT Connections today</a> and <a href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/quordle-today-answers-clues-27-july-2026">Quordle today</a> pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's <a href="https://www.techradar.com/news/wordle-today">Wordle today</a> page for the original viral word game.</p><p><em>SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.</em></p><h2 class="article-body__section" id="section-nyt-strands-today-game-876-hint-1-today-s-theme"><span>NYT Strands today (game #876) - hint #1 - today's theme</span></h2><section class="article__schema-question"><h3>What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?</h3><article class="article__schema-answer"><p><strong>•</strong> Today's NYT Strands theme is… Let the journey begin</p></article></section><h2 class="article-body__section" id="section-nyt-strands-today-game-876-hint-2-clue-words"><span>NYT Strands today (game #876) - hint #2 - clue words</span></h2><p>Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.</p><ul><li>BRINK</li><li>CHART</li><li>TIME</li><li>STANK</li><li>TICK</li><li>PLAIT</li></ul><h2 class="article-body__section" id="section-nyt-strands-today-game-876-hint-3-spangram-letters"><span>NYT Strands today (game #876) - hint #3 - spangram letters</span></h2><section class="article__schema-question"><h3>How many letters are in today's spangram?</h3><article class="article__schema-answer"><p><strong>•</strong> Spangram has 12 letters</p></article></section><h2 class="article-body__section" id="section-nyt-strands-today-game-876-hint-4-spangram-position"><span>NYT Strands today (game #876) - hint #4 - spangram position</span></h2><section class="article__schema-question"><h3>What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?</h3><article class="article__schema-answer"><p>• <strong>First side: </strong>left, 8th row</p><p>• <strong>Last side: </strong>right, 8th row</p></article></section><p>Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.</p><h2 class="article-body__section" id="section-nyt-strands-today-game-876-the-answers"><span>NYT Strands today (game #876) - the answers</span></h2><figure class="van-image-figure inline-layout" data-bordeaux-image-check ><div class='image-full-width-wrapper'><div class='image-widthsetter' style="max-width:1920px;"><p class="vanilla-image-block" style="padding-top:56.25%;"><img id="iT3i5EYAqvcW4KNEKeVmcZ" name="TR_nyt_strands-answers-876" alt="NYT Strands answers for game 876 on a blue background" src="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/iT3i5EYAqvcW4KNEKeVmcZ.png" mos="" align="middle" fullscreen="" width="1920" height="1080" attribution="" endorsement="" class="inline"></p></div></div><figcaption itemprop="caption description" class=" inline-layout"><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">(Image credit: New York Times)</span></figcaption></figure><p>The answers to today's Strands, game #876, are…</p><ul><li>PLATFORM</li><li>TRACK</li><li>TICKET</li><li>COUNTER</li><li>KIOSK</li><li>BENCH</li><li><strong>SPANGRAM: TRAINSTATION</strong></li></ul><ul><li><strong>My rating: </strong> Easy</li><li><strong>My score: </strong> Perfect</li></ul><p>Another Spangram First for me today, although it did come in two parts as I saw “station” before making the connection for TRAINSTATION.</p><p>From here it was a case of collecting the more obvious railway-related words — PLATFORM, TRACK, TICKET — before connecting the less obvious like KIOSK.</p><p>A nice, easygoing start to the week.</p><iframe title="How did you do today?" description="Let me know in the comments below" minimumCommentCount="0" class="position-center" data-lazy-priority="low" data-lazy-src=""></iframe><h3 class="article-body__section" id="section-yesterday-s-nyt-strands-answers-sunday-july-26-game-875"><span>Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Sunday, July 26, game #875)</span></h3><ul><li>GURU</li><li>MAVEN</li><li>PUNDIT</li><li>EXPERT</li><li>AUTHORITY</li><li>SPECIALIST</li><li><strong>SPANGRAM: BIGBRAIN</strong></li></ul><section class="article__schema-question"><h3>What is NYT Strands?</h3><article class="article__schema-answer"><p>Strands is the NYT's not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands" target="_blank">NYT Games site</a> on desktop or mobile.</p><p>I've got a full guide to h<a href="https://www.techradar.com/computing/websites-apps/nyt-strands">ow to play NYT Strands,</a> complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.</p></article></section> </article> ]]>