NYT Strands Answer – Friday, August 28, 2026
The answer to today’s NYT Strands puzzle (#908) is the spangram I HAVE A DREAM. The theme is “On this day in 1963,” marking the 63rd anniversary of MLK’s March on Washington address. Three hints are below for anyone still working through the grid.
Hints for NYT Strands #908 – August 28, 2026
- The theme ties to a specific date in American civil rights history – a speech delivered on this exact day 63 years ago.
- The spangram is a phrase from that speech that became one of the most recognized lines in modern history.
- All five theme words are abstract ideals – none is a person’s name or a place.
- The shortest theme word has four letters; the longest has eleven.
NYT Strands #908 Answer – Spangram and All Theme Words
The spangram is IHAVEADREAM, tracing a path that spans the full board. The theme marks August 28, 1963 – the date Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The speech drew an estimated 250,000 people and stands as a defining moment of the civil rights movement.
The five theme words are: BROTHERHOOD, FREEDOM, HOPE, JUSTICE, TOGETHER
| Word | Type | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| IHAVEADREAM | Spangram | 11 |
| BROTHERHOOD | Theme word | 11 |
| FREEDOM | Theme word | 7 |
| HOPE | Theme word | 4 |
| JUSTICE | Theme word | 7 |
| TOGETHER | Theme word | 8 |
| NYT Strands #908, Friday, August 28, 2026. Five theme words plus the spangram fill all 48 squares on the 6×8 grid exactly. | ||
The hardest word to locate is HOPE – four letters disappear into the grid in a way that eleven-letter words like BROTHERHOOD never can. Players who find the spangram early have the strongest foothold: IHAVEADREAM accounts for nearly a quarter of the board, and the words around it become easier to see once its path is locked in. Today’s Connections answers are also up. Play today’s Strands puzzle on the official site.
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