NYT Strands Puzzle Highlights Guitar Components in 'Strike a Chord' Theme
The New York Times' Strands puzzle for February 23, 2026, features a 'Strike a Chord' theme, focusing on guitar parts.
The New York Times' Strands puzzle for February 23, 2026, centers on the theme 'Strike a Chord,' highlighting components of a guitar. The spangram for this edition is 'GUITAR,' spanning six letters. The theme words include 'HEADSTOCK,' 'NECK,' 'PEGS,' 'BODY,' 'STRING,' 'BRIDGE,' and 'FRETBOARD,' each representing a part of the instrument.
Strands is a daily word game by The New York Times, where players identify words related to a given theme within a letter grid. The objective is to find all theme words and the spangram, which connects two opposite sides of the board. Players can earn hints by discovering non-theme words of four letters or more; every three such words grant a hint that reveals letters of a theme word.
The game is accessible on the New York Times website and through the NYT Games app, with new puzzles released daily at midnight.