Catching Up on Yesterday's Strands
If you missed a day, this page shows yesterday's Strands answer — the spangram and all the theme words — followed by a list of recent Strands answers from the past couple of weeks. It is the fastest way to see the solution you missed, find the spangram that eluded you, or review the theme. The page updates automatically every day.
For today's puzzle, head to our Strands hints today page, which gives you spangram hints and theme-word clues before revealing the full grid, so you can get unstuck without spoiling it. This page is for puzzles that have already closed.
Why People Look Up Yesterday's Strands
NYT Strands resets at midnight, and the previous day's board cannot be replayed in the official game. Looking up yesterday's answer lets you see the spangram — the word or phrase that stretches across the whole board and ties the theme together — which is the piece most players get stuck on. Checking it also reveals the theme connection you may have sensed but could not name.
Players also revisit yesterday's Strands to compare with friends, to confirm a word they were unsure about, or simply to enjoy the "aha" of seeing how the theme words and spangram fit the clue. Having yesterday's full solution plus recent history in one place makes that easy.
How Recent Answers Help You Improve
Reviewing the last couple of weeks of Strands answers sharpens the two skills the game rewards: reading the theme clue and spotting the spangram. You start to notice how the spangram usually spans the board from one side to the other and often restates the theme in a clever way. Seeing several examples makes that pattern much easier to find in real time.
Recent answers also help you get a feel for how literally or loosely the theme words relate to the clue. Some days the theme is a tight category; other days it is a pun or a phrase. Studying past solutions trains you to hold the theme loosely until the spangram confirms it, which is exactly how the best Strands solvers approach each board.
When Does Strands Reset?
NYT Strands changes at midnight local time, which is why the board you were working on becomes "yesterday's" once the date rolls over. The official game keeps only the current day's board available, so there is no built-in way to replay the puzzle you missed — opening the app simply loads the new theme. That midnight rollover is the most common reason players end up searching for a previous spangram.
Because the board is the same for everyone on a given calendar day, the spangram and theme words shown on this page match what every other player saw yesterday, regardless of time zone. If you want to keep a streak alive, play earlier in the day; if you just want to see the spangram that eluded you, the answer above and the recent list have you covered. For extra boards any time, try our Strands Unlimited game.
Other Daily Puzzles
If you enjoy Strands, try the rest of our daily lineup: Wordle, the category puzzle Connections, the four-board Quordle, and the geography game Globle. For more past Strands solutions, see our Strands answers archive.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yesterday's Strands answer — the spangram and all the theme words, along with the theme clue — is shown at the top of this page. The page updates automatically each day to reflect the most recently completed puzzle.
Yesterday's spangram is shown in the highlighted card at the top of this page. The spangram is the word or phrase that stretches all the way across the board and ties the day's theme together.
The official NYT Strands only lets you play the current day's board; once it resets at midnight, yesterday's puzzle is no longer playable. You can still review the full solution here, and play our Strands Unlimited game for more practice.
Today's spangram hints, theme-word clues, and full answer are on our Strands hints today page.