Strands is a word puzzle game from The New York Times Games team that gives a fresh twist on word-search–style play. Here’s a concise overview: What it Strands Game Players get a 6×8 (48-letter) grid and a single thematic clue. The goal is to find multiple secret words (the “strands”) hidden in the grid that relate to the clue. Words may snake through adjacent...

What it Wordle Nyt Wordle is a daily five-letter word puzzle now operated by The New York Times. Each day there is one target word; players get up to six guesses to find it. After each guess, tiles change color: green = correct letter in correct position, yellow = correct letter wrong position, gray = letter not in the word. How to play Enter any valid five-letter English word as your first...