Strands — Wordle English
Strands, but in 90+ languages. Uncover today's theme on a 6x8 grid and find the spangram that crosses it. Daily and unlimited, free, no login.
How to Play Strands
Strands is a daily themed word-search on a 6×8 grid of letters. Every letter belongs to exactly one of the hidden theme words — six to nine of them, all tied to the day's theme. One word, the spangram, stretches edge to edge and describes the theme itself. Trace paths by dragging through adjacent letters (orthogonally OR diagonally). Find any non-theme dictionary word along the way and it banks toward a hint. There are no wrong guesses, no game-over — just a satisfying aha when the last path clicks. If you know NYT Strands, this is the same daily ritual — across more languages over time, free, no account required.
How Strands works
Every day's puzzle hides a set of theme words plus one spangram — a word or phrase that ties them together and stretches edge-to-edge across the grid. Trace adjacent letters to spell each entry.
Theme words
All theme words share one connecting idea. Find them by tracing across the grid — letters can be reused across different words but not within the same one.
The spangram
One word or short phrase touches both edges of the board. It names the theme. The spangram is always longer than the theme words and always crosses the grid.
Hint mechanic
Find three non-theme words to earn a hint — the hint highlights the letters of one theme word. Hints never reveal the spangram.
Tips & Strategy
Strands is theme-first. Read the theme card and brainstorm a dozen candidate words before you start tracing. Letter-first scanning (like Boggle) wastes time because the grid is too big.
The spangram touches two opposite edges. Scan left-column and right-column letters (or top-row and bottom-row) for pairs that could bookend a compound phrase matching the theme. Finding the spangram early reveals a large connected region for free.
When the theme eludes you, just find any real word. Every three dictionary-valid non-theme words earns a hint. Trace common 4–5 letter words you can see anywhere — they count even when they feel random.
Paths bend. A word like GRATER might start in one corner, hairpin, and finish two rows over. When an obvious candidate theme word doesn't appear in a straight line, trace it as a bent path — that's often where designers hid it.
Every letter belongs to exactly one word. As green and amber cells fill in, the uncovered region shrinks and constrains what the remaining words can be. Late-game, the last word or two usually falls out of the cells you have left.
More Game Modes
One word per day. 6 guesses. The classic.
2 boards, 1 keyboard, 7 guesses.
4 boards, 1 keyboard, 9 guesses.
8 boards, 1 keyboard, 13 guesses.
16 boards, 1 keyboard, 21 guesses.
32 boards, 1 keyboard, 37 guesses.
Race the clock. Solve as many words as you can before time runs out.
Navigate meaning space. 30 guesses.
Find the mystery country. 6 guesses on a paper globe.
Guess the daily math equation in 6 tries.
Find every word hidden in seven letters. New puzzle daily.
Swap the 21 tiles so every row and column spells a word. 15 swaps, par 10.
Trace adjacent letters to find every word in the grid.
Crown each region — one queen per row, column, and colored area.
Play in 90+ Languages
Every language is free. No account needed.
Why Wordle Global
From Arabic to Yoruba. The largest multilingual Wordle.
Learn the meaning of every word after you play. Expand your vocabulary.
Every word comes with a custom illustration. Collect them all.
Light, dark, and high-contrast modes for comfortable play.
PWA — install on any device. Works offline. No download needed.
No account required. No paywall. Just play.
Strands vs NYT Strands vs wordly.org
How this Strands compares to the original and the most-trafficked clone.
| Feature | Strands (Wordle Global) | NYT Strands | wordly.org |
|---|---|---|---|
| Languages | English on launch — more rolling out as embeddings land for each language | English only | English only |
| Grid | 6×8 (48 cells) | 6×8 (48 cells) | 6×8 (48 cells) |
| Theme curation | Hand-authored seeds v1; embedding-cluster + LLM audit pipeline as it rolls out | Hand-curated by NYT editors | Scraped / republished |
| Unlimited mode | Yes — endless packings from the same pool, separate stats | No | No |
| Hints | Bank 1 hint per 3 valid non-theme words you find; click to outline an unfound word, click again to reveal its start | Same 3-word gate, same outline → reveal escalation | Same (mimics NYT) |
| Spangram | Edge-to-edge, amber, names the theme | Edge-to-edge, yellow, names the theme | Same (mimics NYT) |
| Paywall | Free forever | NYT Games subscription after free trial | Free (ad-supported) |
| Ads during play | No | No (subscription) | Yes — header + post-win interstitials |
| Account | Optional — progressive | Required | No — no persistence across devices |
| Other modes in the same hub | 13+ modes (Classic, Speed, Semantic, Globle, Mathle, Waffle, Bee, Strands, Squaredle, multi-board…) | NYT Games bundle (Wordle, Connections, Mini, Crossword…) | Wordly-brand hub of ~10 mode clones |
Comparison based on publicly available information, April 2026.