Strands is a new daily puzzle from the New York Times, a trickier version of word search.To play Strands, find the 'theme words' hidden in the grid of letters.Each puzzle contains a 'spangram,' a special theme word that touches two opposite sides of the board.Today's Strands puzzle theme is '___A___', and the answers are SELFIE, BREATHER, HIKE, GANDER, CHANCE, and NUMBER.