Strands Answers for May 12

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Today's Theme

Quite the pair

NYT Strands Answers for May 12, 2026

Answer List

  • FANCYPANTS - (spangram)
  • GAUCHO
  • HAREM
  • PALAZZO
  • SAILOR
  • TOREADOR
  • TUXEDO

There are 7 answers for the May 12th NYT Strands puzzle. The starting hint of the theme is "Quite the pair" and the spangram describing the theme is "fancypants." The longest word in the puzzle is the spangram with 10 letters. The shortest word to find is "harem" 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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