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I never really liked Word Find books, but ironically I love the New York Times; Strands Puzzle, which is essentially a word search without a list of the words you’re looking for. Today was particularly tough, I thought, but Generation X who grew up on Electric Company will do well to remember the famous Silent E sketch from that show. Not all letters make noise!

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Clue for today’s Strands puzzle

Today’s Strands topic is: Calm at first.

If that doesn’t help, here’s a hint: Don’t say it!

Clue words to unlock clues in the game

Your goal is to find hidden words that match the theme of the puzzle. If you get stuck, find all the words you can. Every time you find three words with four or more letters, Strands reveals one of the theme words. These are the words I used to get these clues, but any words with four or more letters that you find will work:

• SOME, NOME, MILK, MONEY, PALS, PATS, SALS, MILE, NOGS, HOTEL, TENT, ROLL, MUD, EARTH, LIME, MELT, STEEL, PONY, PAST

Answers for today’s Strands puzzle

These are the answers that fit the topic. The goal of the puzzle is to find them all, including the spangram, a theme word that extends from one side of the puzzle to the other. Once you have them all (I originally thought it would always be eight, but learned the number can vary), every letter on the board is used. Here are the non-Spangram answers:

• WRAP, GNOME, PSALM, HONESTY, KNUCKLE, MNEMONIC

Today’s Strands Spangram

Today’s Strands Spangram is SILENT LETTER. To find it, start with the S, which is four letters down on the far left, and keep scrolling.