Strands是纽约时报推出的一款新型文字搜索游戏，它在传统文字搜索的基础上进行了创新。玩家需要在由字母组成的网格中找到相互连接的单词，这些单词可以横向、纵向、斜向连接，并且可以改变方向，形成独特的形状。每个字母都必须是答案的一部分。游戏有一个主题，所有答案都与该主题相关，还有一个特殊的“跨格词”，它概括了当天的主题，并横向或纵向跨越整个网格。Strands游戏通过提供模糊的提示而不是词汇表，增加了游戏的难度和挑战性，需要玩家花费更多的时间进行思考和解决。

🧩Strands游戏是纽约时报推出的一款文字搜索游戏，它要求玩家在字母网格中寻找单词，单词可以改变方向，每个字母都必须是答案的一部分。

🐎游戏存在一个主题，所有答案都与该主题相关，今天的Strands主题是“稳定的供应”，并且与牛仔可能需要的东西有关，更具体地说，与马厩里的马有关。

🐴游戏中有一个特殊的“跨格词”叫做“HorsebackRiding”，它概括了当天的主题，并横向跨越整个网格，玩家需要找到这个跨格词才能完成今天的游戏。

🪢今天的Strands谜题的答案包括Reins、Harness、Spurs、Saddle、Crop和Bridle等单词，这些都与马和马术有关。

If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game.

Strands requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase that sums up that day's theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically.

By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections.

If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Stable supply

These words are things a cowboy might need.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

Words are related to horses in a stable.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is horizontal.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today's spangram is HorsebackRiding.

NYT Strands word list for January 28

Reins

Harness

Spurs

Saddle

Crop

Bridle

HorsebackRiding

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