If you get a letter in the right place for any of the four words, it will light up in green. If a word contains a letter from one of your guesses but it’s in the wrong place, it will appear in yellow. You could always check out the practice games before taking on the daily puzzle.

Looking for the most recent Strands answer? Click here for our daily Strands hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Connections puzzles. Strands doesn't get as much attention as its New York Times game siblings Wordle and Connections,

Today's hints 2. Today's answer 3. Yesterday's answer Looking for today's Connections answers? The Connections answers on October 14 for puzzle #491 are a little harder than yesterday's puzzle, with the Connections Companion rating this puzzle's difficulty at 3.

Strands is a tricky take on the classic word search from NYT Games. If you're stuck and cannot solve today's puzzle, we've got help for you here.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox

If you just want to be told today's puzzle, you can jump to the end of this article for October 12's Connections solution. But if you'd rather solve it yourself, keep reading for