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Strands NYT Hints, Spangram, and Answer for Today, October 3, 2026
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Key Points:
- The Strands puzzle for Saturday, October 3, 2026, has the theme "A figment of your imagination," focusing on ghost-like words.
- The spangram for this puzzle is WILLOTHEWISP, a type of ghost described as a floating light.
- The theme words to find include SPECTER, CHIMERA, MIRAGE, PHANTASM, and ILLUSION, all related to ghostly or illusory concepts.
- Strands is a word puzzle game on the New York Times website and app, where players find words on a board based on a theme, with the spangram spanning the entire board.
- Players can use hints by submitting non-theme words, and the game has no time limit or failure condition; solving all words completes the puzzle and generates a shareable result.
