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Thank heavens it’s Friday, eh?

Don’t take my word for it, play it!

NYT Strands homescreen on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background

You’ll see this one really is a cinch.

Today’s NYT Strands theme is…you might say that again!

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

Wordle: The Rules, Strategy…

This might be the easiest game of Strands yet, or at least that was my experience.

This one’s all about finding the first word, at which point the theme should become clear.

And from there, you’re on easy street.

Prime

Well, each answer is simply one word, or a couple of letters, repeated twice.

For instance, POMPOM, MAMA and MURMUR.

The only vaguely difficult one was COUSCOUS, mainly because I couldn’t spell it correctly at first.

Wordle Words: A genius word…

The spangram was easy, too.

Let’s hope the weekend is a little harder, yes?

How did you do today?Send me an emailand let me know.

Wordle Game Boards: 120 pages…

Strands is the NYT’s new word game, following Wordle and Connections.

It’s currently in Beta and can be played on theNYT Games siteon desktop or mobile.

NYT Strands answers for game #40 on a blue background