Today's NYT Strands is live for Tuesday, July 28, 2026 (Puzzle #877). Stuck on today's Strands? We've got progressive hints, from gentle nudges to full solutions, so you can solve at your own pace.
How Strands Works (New Players Start Here)
Strands hides themed words inside a 6x8 letter grid. Your mission: find every word connected to the day's theme. Letters link in any direction (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) and words can twist and turn. Every letter gets used exactly once.
The spangram is the key word or phrase that captures the theme and stretches across the entire board, touching opposite edges.
Need a boost? Find any 4+ letter word (even non-theme words) three times, and the game reveals a hint highlighting theme word letters.
Theme Decoder
Today's Theme Prompt: "Leave nothing out"
What It Really Means
You are hunting for words that describe something with no portion missing, omitted, split away, or left behind.
Think About...
- Think about a task with every step finished.
- Picture a container at capacity.
- Consider something kept in one piece.
Spangram Clues
Orientation: Left to right across the board
Letter Count: 11 letters
Starting Zone: Row 4, letter 1
Progressive Spangram Hints
Hint 1 (Gentle): The linking phrase reassures you that nothing has gone missing.
Hint 2 (Warmer): It is the kind of phrase you would use after checking that every expected piece is present.
Hint 3 (Almost There): First letter is I, last letter is E
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ITSALLTHERE
Word-by-Word Hints
Solve as many as you can before peeking. Each word includes escalating clues.
Word 1
Vague: Finished in every respect.
Closer: What a checklist becomes when every box is checked.
Letter Clue: Starts with C, 8 letters total
Answer
COMPLETE
Word 2
Vague: From beginning to end, with no part excluded.
Closer: The adjective for a book read from the first page through the last.
Letter Clue: Starts with E, 6 letters total
Answer
ENTIRE
Word 3
Vague: Holding as much as capacity allows.
Closer: A glass at capacity has no room for another drop.
Letter Clue: Starts with F, 4 letters total
Answer
FULL
Word 4
Vague: The final sum after every item is added.
Closer: On a receipt, this is the amount reached after all line items are added.
Letter Clue: Starts with T, 5 letters total
Answer
TOTAL
Word 5
Vague: Kept as one piece rather than split among parts.
Closer: Attention described as focused on one person, with none shared elsewhere.
Letter Clue: Starts with U, 9 letters total
Answer
UNDIVIDED
Word 6
Vague: A single intact unit rather than a fraction.
Closer: The form of milk contrasted with skim, or a number with no fractional part.
Letter Clue: Starts with W, 5 letters total
Answer
WHOLE
Full Answers
Spangram: ITSALLTHERE
Theme Words:
- COMPLETE
- ENTIRE
- FULL
- TOTAL
- UNDIVIDED
- WHOLE
Puzzle Debrief
Difficulty Rating: Medium, because six near-synonyms clarify the theme while making individual entries easy to confuse.
Trickiest Word: UNDIVIDED is the likeliest stall because solvers may first connect it with focused attention rather than something that has not been split.
Our Take: The prompt turns COMPLETE, ENTIRE, FULL, TOTAL, UNDIVIDED, and WHOLE into a tightly related set whose distinctions come from everyday usage. ITSALLTHERE ties them together with a conversational phrase that captures the theme cleanly and gives the puzzle a satisfying finish.
