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The New York Times’ excellent word search game is now in its Games app


Play Strands without leaving the app.

By Jay Peters, a news editor who writes about technology, video games, and virtual worlds. Strands is currently the NYT ’s “third most searched game, behind Wordle and Connections, ”and is “nearly as popular” as Spelling Bee, The New York Times says in a blog post. The New York Times ’ games aren’t always hits on the level of Wordle, Connections, or Strands.

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