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It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

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Some of todays DIRTY WORDS were peculiarly difficult to find.

Even with a hint it took me a while to get POLLUTED amid the highlighted letters.

Tricky as it can be, this is the joy of Strands.

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The twists and turns set it apart from a humdrum wordsearch.

Its all very unpleasant.

You wouldnt catch him with STAINED chinos or MUDDY Timberlands.

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Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections.

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