Hi Steve, Leaving politics aside, that’s not the issue. I did finally get it sorted out, and the game just isn’t designed as accessibly as it should be. However, it is playable. Cheers, Donna P.S. In case anyone else got stymied by this, the trick is that after you have entered the word, you have to tap the last letter again for it to submit.
> On Jan 18, 2026, at 12:35 PM, Steve Matzura <[email protected]> wrote: > > You're not doing anything wrong. Most likely, the button you need to click is > the one that extracts money from your pocket as a subscriber. Most of their > games are like this. Wordle seems to be the exception. I've never tried > Strands, but there's another word-fragment game I did try, where you have to > make as many words as you can out of the seven or so letters you are given, > but even though you absolutely know there are more words you can make, you > can't if you aren't a paid subscriber. My politics prohibits me from giving > the New York Times a penny of my fixed income, so I enjoy the free games as > much as is allowed. I certainly understand their business model, I just have > a fundamental objection to supporting an organization that has gotten so many > things wrong for so many years. Please let's leave it at that, or this topic > will be locked and I'll probably get a nastygram from the LM. > > > On 1/18/2026 12:33 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I know that for some of you this may seem off-topic, but we do have some >> word game players on this list, and that is a topic we have discussed before. >> >> Has anyone been successful playing Strands in the IOS app? I can form >> words, and they show up above the letter grid, but I’m not getting credit >> for them. It almost seems like I need to click a Submit button, but there >> is no Submit button on the Screen. I’ve written NYTimes Games, but thought >> I would also check here, in case anyone has had more success than I. Using >> an iPhone 16 Pro running IOS 26.2. >> TIA, >> Donna >> > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/64326e59-2285-481f-a627-9785b5a16e05%40noisynotes.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/264CD523-C9D0-492F-8ED4-A05D89E81FCD%40me.com.
