本文介绍了纽约时报推出的文字游戏Strands，它是一种创新的单词搜索游戏，玩家需要在网格中找到由字母连接的单词，这些单词可以上下、左右、对角线或改变方向。Strands的独特之处在于它有一个主题，所有答案都与主题相关，并有一个“spangram”——一个总结当日主题的特殊词或短语，横向或纵向跨越整个网格。文章还提供了游戏提示和关键词，帮助玩家理解游戏规则，并提供其他在线游戏的链接，如Mahjong和Sudoku。

🧩 Strands游戏的核心玩法是单词搜索的变体，玩家需要在网格中寻找由连接字母组成的单词，单词可以改变方向，形成独特的形状和图案。

💡 Strands游戏有一个主题，所有答案都与该主题相关，并包含一个“spangram”，它总结了当日的主题，且横向或纵向跨越整个网格。

🤔 游戏提供不透明的提示，并且不提供单词列表，增加了游戏的挑战性，比Wordle和Connections等游戏需要更长的游戏时间。

🕹️ 文章提供了4月18日的NYT Strands游戏提示，主题为“On the board”，游戏中的单词与游戏有关，spangram是“GamePieces”，横向排列。

🎮 除了Strands，文章还提到了其他在线游戏，如Mahjong、Sudoku和免费的填字游戏，玩家可以在Mashable的Games页面找到更多的提示和游戏。

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: On the board

The words are used in gaming.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are essential components of play.

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 GamePieces.

NYT Strands word list for April 18

Checker

Domino

GamePieces

Battleship

Tile

Token

Knight

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