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It’s time to tackle another of the NYT’s Strands puzzles.

So read on for a few helpful hints and my commentary on today’s Strands puzzle.

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

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

In my defence, the game was biased against me from the start.

I am not musical.

Wordle: The Rules, Strategy…

To add to that, today’s theme hint, ‘Staff members’, meant nothing to me.

I was completely and utterly stumped even once I’d found SHARP purely by chance.

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

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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.

Wordle Words: A genius word…

Wordle Game Boards: 120 pages…

NYT Strands answers to game #54 on a blue background