The puzzle's theme is "All the right moves" and its nine-letter spangram is "LINEDANCE", with SHUFFLE, KICK, COASTER, PONY, SCUFF, SAILOR and WIZARD among the solutions.
The report rates the game hard, saying one hint was needed after early confusion over whether the words described slow movement rather than line-dance terms.
Strands is the New York Times' daily word game, released at midnight in each time zone and now established alongside Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections.
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