NYT Strands Answer Today (#939) – 28 Sep 2026 Solution & Hints
- About Today’s Strands
- Today’s Theme
- General Hints
- Spangram Length
- Spangram Orientation
- Spangram First & Last Letters
- First & Last Letters of All Words
- Spangram (Click to Reveal)
- Spangram Definition (Click to Reveal)
- Sample Words (Click to Reveal)
- Full Solution (Click to Reveal)
- Definitions of All Words (Click to Reveal)
About Today’s Strands
Puzzle #939 (published 28 Sep 2026). One special word — the Spangram — spans the grid and ties the theme together.
Today’s Theme
Theme: A form of art
General Hints
- Today’s grid is full of raw ingredients that studios and workshops have relied on for thousands of years, long before power tools existed.
- Think about what a creator might reach for when shaping, carving, or molding something meant to last on a pedestal.
- The hidden theme word describes an entire branch of the fine arts, not a single object or technique.
Spangram Length
The Spangram has 9 letters and is one word.
Spangram Orientation
The Spangram runs on an angled path through the grid, starting low near the third column and finishing near the top around the fifth column, rather than moving in one straight horizontal or vertical line.
Spangram First & Last Letters
Begins with S and ends with E.
Pattern preview (length-obscured): S___E
Note: We always display first/last letters as X___Y with three underscores, regardless of true length.
First & Last Letters of All Words
- Word 1: S___E
- Word 2: W___D
- Word 3: C___Y
- Word 4: B___E
- Word 5: S___L
- Word 6: G___S
- Word 7: M___E
Spangram preview: S___E
Spangram
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SCULPTURE
Spangram Definition
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SCULPTURE — the art of creating three-dimensional works by carving, modeling, casting, or shaping material.
Example: “The museum’s courtyard was filled with modern sculpture made from salvaged metal.”
Sample Words
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- CLAY
- MARBLE
Full Solution
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Theme: A form of art
Spangram: SCULPTURE
All words:
- SOAPSTONE
- WOOD
- CLAY
- BRONZE
- STEEL
- GLASS
- MARBLE
- SCULPTURE (Spangram)
Definitions of All Words
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- SOAPSTONE — a soft, dense metamorphic rock that carvers favor because it’s easy to shape with hand tools.
- WOOD — the hard fibrous material from tree trunks and branches, one of the oldest carving mediums known to humans.
- CLAY — a fine-grained, pliable earth that becomes hard when fired, used for pottery and modeled figures.
- BRONZE — a copper-and-tin alloy that’s melted and poured into molds to cast durable statues.
- STEEL — a strong iron alloy that modern sculptors weld and bend into large-scale installations.
- GLASS — a hard, transparent material that can be blown, cast, or fused into intricate art pieces.
- MARBLE — a fine-grained metamorphic stone prized since antiquity for its ability to be carved and polished to a smooth finish.
- SCULPTURE — the overarching art form of shaping three-dimensional works from materials like these.
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