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.

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Jay Peters is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Strands, The New York Times’ very good word search game, has ...

Scroll down for hints and conversation about the puzzle for Monday, June 30, 2025. By New York Times Games Hello, fellow word lovers. Welcome to the first Strands Sidekick. Our goal here is to ...

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 ...