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Need help with NYT Strands game #709? The Tuesday, February 10, 2026 puzzle has the theme “It’s on the house,” pointing to materials used on a home’s exterior. Start with the clue below if you want to keep solving; the complete answer list follows a spoiler warning.
A gentle hint for Strands #709
Think about the materials that cover a home’s exterior walls. The theme clue is “Exterior building materials.”
How to earn an in-game hint
Strands lets you find words that are not part of the theme to earn help. Parade explains that every three non-theme words earns a hint, which reveals letters from a theme answer. The spangram describes the theme and touches two opposite sides of the board.
Spoiler warning: full answers below
The following list reveals all six theme words and the spangram for Tuesday, February 10, 2026.
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- BRICK
- COMPOSITE
- STONE
- STUCCO
- VINYL
- WOOD
- Spangram: SIDINGMATERIAL
Optional words to play for hints
TechRadar lists these non-theme words as options for earning in-game hints: MORE, BLIND, STICK, POST, COMB, and BRINY.
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This is NYT Strands game #709, dated Tuesday, February 10, 2026. Its theme is “It’s on the house,” and the spangram, SIDINGMATERIAL, makes the exterior-material category explicit. TechRadar, The Word Finder, and Parade agree on the answer list; these are secondary answer guides, not an official NYT puzzle archive.
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