Strands is released at midnight in your time zone. To accommodate players around the world, we publish two Strands Sidekicks each day, based on Eastern Standard Time. If you find yourself on the wrong Sidekick, check your puzzle’s number, and go to this page to find its corresponding Sidekick post.

Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

(Remember ATE, FOR, TOO, WON as homophones of the numbers 8, 4, 2, 1?) ... 2024 game of Strands. Here is the link to play today’s game, so you can suffer along with the rest of us.

Following the success of Connections and Wordle, the pressure was on for the New York Times to find its next hit game. It didn’t have to look far. Strands, a word search game, is officially ...

Times’ Games app lets people play some puzzles, like Wordle and Strands, for free. Full access , which includes the Crossword, a few other games and archives, costs $6 per month.