Daily Strands guide with theme hints, gameplay tips, and today’s clue breakdown to help you solve the NYT word-find puzzle! (Spoilers optional.)

Word search puzzles have become one of the most popular puzzle challenges on the web. These seemingly simple puzzles consisting of random letters arranged in a grid have taken the web by storm. Word search puzzles test your vocabulary,

Some of these word games are challenging while others are more casual.

Find the answer for Greek poet whose home island is the source of the word lesbian from the people who brought you the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.

It doesn’t feel like long ago that word games and puzzles were the reserve of grandparents or people with time on their hands.

Use the arrow keys to move your cursor and type to input letters. Only click “submit” when you have all of your guesses ready! Each line on the puzzle can accommodate one word. Words may be between three and five letters long, and may begin anywhere on the line.

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Pope Leo XIV, who plays the daily online puzzle Wordle, is not the only papal puzzle lover. His predecessor and namesake, Pope Leo XIII, was also passionate about wordplay, anonymously publishing riddles in Latin.

The Marlow Murder Club’s Judith Potts isn’t the first literary sleuth to enjoy a good word puzzle—Colin Dexter’s Inspector Morse and Dorothy L. Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey had a penchant for crosswords, too. But these puzzles are more than just a ...