Strands Answers for Feb 20

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Today's Theme

Far from smooth

NYT Strands Answers for Feb 20, 2026

Answer List

  • SANDPAPER - (spangram)
  • ABRASIVE
  • COARSE
  • HARSH
  • PRICKLY
  • ROUGH
  • SCRATCHY

There are 7 answers for the February 20th NYT Strands puzzle. The starting hint of the theme is "Far from smooth" and the spangram describing the theme is "sandpaper." The longest word in the puzzle is the spangram with 9 letters. The shortest word to find is "harsh" with 5 letters. To see where all of the words are in the puzzle, you can view their positions above just like in the game.

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