本文是关于纽约时报Strands游戏的攻略指南。Strands是一款创新的单词搜索游戏，玩家需要通过连接字母来找到单词，包括上下、左右、对角线以及改变方向的连接。游戏设有主题和“spangram”（特殊单词或短语），总结当天的主题并贯穿整个网格。本文提供了游戏提示、主题解释和spangram的答案，帮助玩家更好地理解和解决谜题。

💡 Strands游戏规则：Strands是纽约时报推出的一款单词搜索游戏，玩家需要通过连接字母来找到单词，单词可以上下、左右、对角线连接，也可以改变方向，形成独特的形状和模式。所有字母都属于答案的一部分，游戏通常会有一个主题。

🧩 游戏特色与挑战：Strands游戏的最大特点是它不提供单词列表，并且会提供一个不明确的提示，这使得游戏比Wordle和Connections等其他游戏更具挑战性，需要花费更多时间。

🌸 今日主题与答案：文章提供了当天Strands游戏的主题提示，今天的Strands主题是“It's a sign!”，单词与一年中的某个时间有关。今天的spangram是“Springtime”，且是垂直方向排列。文章还提供了当日的单词列表，包括Buds, Springtime, Puddles, Robins, Blossoms, Showers, Pollen。

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: It's a sign!

The words are related to a time of year.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are related to signs showing this time of year.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is vertical.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today's spangram is Springtime.

NYT Strands word list for April 1

Buds

Springtime

Puddles

Robins

Blossoms

Showers

Pollen

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