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Strands doesn’t get as much attention as its New York Times gaming siblings Wordle and Connectionsbut it can be equally challenging and entertaining. Strands just moved out of beta, so it’s now in the New York Times official Games app, which could bring it more fans. I go into depth about rules for Strands in this story.

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How to play NYT Strands

1. Use today’s theme to search for words related to that topic. Do you see one? Drag or click the letters in order. Click the last letter twice to submit your guess. If you’ve found a theme word, it will light up blue and stay that way.

2. Other words you find are considered clue words that give you clues to the theme words. Find three clue words (they must have at least four letters each) and the game will reward you by showing you a theme word. But if you can’t decode it, find three more clue words and the game will highlight the theme word’s letters in order.

3. Hunt for span framea special theme word that spans the entire puzzle, although it may flow over or top down. It summarizes the puzzle theme.

4. When you’re done, you’ll have used each letter on the board in either a theme word or span frame. Theme words fill the entire board and do not overlap.

Tip for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strand’s theme is: “Oh, you!”

If that doesn’t help, here’s a hint: Giggling.

Clue words to unlock hints in the game

Your goal is to find hidden words that fit the theme of the puzzle. If you’re stuck, find all the words you can. Every time you find three words with four letters or more, Strands will reveal one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get these tips, but any word with four or more letters you can find will work:

• WITS, HOLLY, BELT, BELTS, SCOOT, COOT, ROLL, DOLL, HAGS, SING, RING, THING, HALF, FUNS, FABLE, FUNNY, RINS, GINS

Answer to today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that connect to the theme. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that reaches from one side of the puzzle to the other. Once you get them all (I initially thought there were always eight but found out the number can vary) every letter on the board will be used. Here are the non-spangram responses:

• COMIC, DRILL, WITTY, FUNNY, HILARIOUS, HILARIOUS

Dagens Strand’s spanframe

Today’s Strand’s spanframe is THAT FUN. To find it, start with T which is three letters in from the left on the top row and work your way down.