本文为纽约时报的文字游戏Strands提供攻略，该游戏是传统单词搜索的升级版。玩家需要在网格中连接字母形成单词，单词可以改变方向，每个字母都必须被使用。所有单词都与一个主题相关联，还有一个特殊的“spangram”词或短语概括主题，横向或纵向贯穿整个网格。本文提供了3月12日Strands的提示，主题是“Bearing gifts”，单词与能力相关，spangram是水平的，答案是“Prodigy”，并给出了当天的单词列表，包括Chops, Flair, Skill, Talent, Knack, Prowess, Strength。

🧩 Strands是纽约时报推出的一款文字游戏，是传统单词搜索的创新变体，要求玩家在字母网格中寻找相关联的单词。

🧠 游戏的关键在于发现隐藏的主题，所有答案词都与该主题相关，同时还有一个特殊的“spangram”词汇或短语，它概括了当天的主题并横跨整个网格。

🎁 3月12日Strands的主题是“Bearing gifts”，提示表明单词与“能力”相关联，而spangram是“Prodigy”。

✅ 当天的单词列表包括：Chops, Flair, Skill, Talent, Knack, Prowess, Strength。这些词汇都是解决当天Strands谜题的关键。

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: Bearing gifts

These words aren't referring to bears.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

The words are related to abilities.

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 Prodigy.

NYT Strands word list for March 12

Chops

Flair

Skill

Talent

Knack

Prowess

Strength

Prodigy

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