本文为读者提供纽约时报Strands游戏的攻略，这是一款进阶版的文字搜索游戏，要求玩家从相互连接的字母中寻找单词，单词可以改变方向，形成独特的形状和模式。每个字母都必须是答案的一部分。所有答案都与一个主题相关联，还有一个特殊的“spangram”词或短语，概括了当天的主题，并横向或纵向跨越整个网格。文章提供了2月17日Strands游戏的主题提示（阳光阴影），解释了主题是不同色调的黄色，并给出了spangram的提示（水平方向），最终揭示了spangram的答案是“Yellow”。同时，文章还提供了当天的单词列表，帮助玩家更快地解决谜题。

🧩Strands是一款纽约时报推出的文字解谜游戏，与传统单词搜索不同，它要求玩家在网格中寻找与主题相关的单词，并且每个字母都必须被使用。

🎨2月17日的Strands主题是“阳光阴影”，提示玩家寻找的是不同色调的黄色。这是一个高级的颜色轮概念。

🔑当天的Spangram是“Yellow”，它是一个横向排列的单词，概括了整个谜题的主题。

💡当天需要寻找的单词包括：Saffron（藏红花）、Canary（金丝雀）、Daffodil（水仙花）、Mustard（芥末）、Lemon（柠檬）和Goldenrod（金鸡菊），都是黄色的不同色调。

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: Sun shade

These words are on an advanced color wheel.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

The words are different shades of the color yellow.

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 Yellow.

NYT Strands word list for February 17

Saffron

Canary

Daffodil

Yellow

Mustard

Lemon

Goldenrod

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