本文是关于纽约时报推出的文字游戏Strands的指南，该游戏以独特的“单词搜索”形式呈现。Strands要求玩家在字母网格中寻找相关联的字母，组成单词，并结合主题和“spangram”来解谜。文章提供了游戏的基本规则、解题技巧和每日谜题的线索，包括主题提示、单词列表以及spangram的解释，帮助玩家更好地理解和解决Strands游戏。此外，还推荐了其他在线游戏资源，方便玩家拓展游戏体验。

💡Strands游戏的核心玩法是寻找网格中链接的字母，这些字母可以上下、左右、对角线连接，形成单词。与其他单词搜索游戏不同的是，Strands中的单词可以改变方向，形成独特的形状和图案。游戏的每个字母都属于某个答案。

🧩Strands游戏的核心是主题和“spangram”。每个谜题都有一个主题，所有答案都与该主题相关。Spangram是一个特殊的单词或短语，总结了当天的主题，并横向或纵向跨越整个网格。

🎬文章提供了4月17日Strands谜题的线索，主题是“THE电影”，单词列表包括《教父》、《指环王》、《毕业生》等电影名称。Spangram的提示是横向的，答案是“Titles”。

🕹️除了Strands游戏，文章还推荐了其他在线游戏，例如麻将、数独和填字游戏等，玩家可以在Mashable的Games页面找到更多游戏提示和谜题。

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 preferrined pace.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: THE movies

The words are seen in theaters.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are movie titles that start with The.

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 Titles.

NYT Strands word list for April 17

Godfather

Ring

Graduate

Goonies

Aviator

Shining

Titles

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