A word-find with a twist: Meet your new favorite online NYT game.
A word-find with a twist: Meet your new favorite online NYT game.
I thought I could just ignore Strands, The New York Times‘ new online game. But a friend of mine kept posting her scores on Facebook, showing charts dotted with blue and yellow circles, and light bulbs, a real switch from the green, black and yellow squares of Wordle. I was intrigued.
Did I need another daily online game addiction? No, I did not. But did I get one? Yes, yes indeed, I did.How to play NYT Strands
I first started playing Strands in May, when it was still in beta, but it officially launched this week, so you can find it on The New York Times‘ Games site and app.There’s a theme
Once you’re there, you’ll see a very brief phrase that’s labeled as „Today’s Theme“ for the puzzle. You’re looking for words hidden in the word-search grid that all relate to that theme.It’s a word find, with a twist
If you see a word, click on the first letter and drag your mouse to each of the following letters, in order. You can move in any direction, just so long as the letters are directly next to each other and you move from one to the next in their proper order. Or you can just click on each letter in the order they’re in the word. You have to click the last letter twice so the game knows you’re done — I forget this all the time. Each word must be four letters or more.
