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Strands NYT Hints, Spangram, and Answer for Today, July 19, 2026
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Key Points:
- The July 19, 2026 Strands puzzle has the theme “Big talk,” featuring monstrously large things as the theme words.
- The spangram (a word spanning the entire board) for this puzzle is SUPERSIZEIT, referencing a McDonald’s phrase meaning to make an order as large as possible.
- The theme words in the puzzle are GIANT, BEHEMOTH, LEVIATHAN, MAMMOTH, and COLOSSUS, all representing large or monstrous entities.
- Strands is a word puzzle game by The New York Times where players find theme-related words and a spangram on a letter grid, with words allowed in any direction and letters used only once.
- Players cannot fail in Strands; they win by identifying all theme words and the spangram, and hints are available after submitting some non-theme words.
