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These answers are reported by Caroline Igo’s Yahoo Tech guide published October 26, 2025.
Hints for Strands #602
- Theme: “Fall-ing.”
- Extra clue: “seasonal fun.”
- Spangram hint: It has six letters.
Try these clues before reading the answer list below.
All answers for October 26, 2025
Spangram: AUTUMN
Theme words: ORCHARDS, PUMPKINS, CORN, FOOTBALL, FOLIAGE, and HARVEST.
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Where the spangram starts
The Yahoo guide reports that AUTUMN begins at the first A in the fifth row and snakes up and over to the N on the other side of that row. The original grid was not independently verified, so treat this path description as a secondary-source account.
How Strands hints work
According to the Yahoo guide, Strands uses a six-by-eight letter grid. Connect adjacent letters horizontally, vertically, or diagonally to find theme words and the spangram; every letter in the grid is used. Finding three non-answer words of at least four letters earns a hint that highlights the letters in an answer. Further help can reveal the answer’s letter sequence one at a time. These mechanics are described by the guide and were not separately confirmed against NYT documentation.
The guide lists these possible non-theme words for making progress: PUMP, HAVE, FOIL, FOOL, LOOT, TOLL, SOUR, REST, and BALL.
Independent reader supportYour contribution helps us test, update, and keep practical guides available for everyone.Source note
The answer list and clues above come from Caroline Igo’s Yahoo Tech guide for October 26, 2025. No official NYT archive record or independent corroboration was established for this puzzle in the available source material.
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