本文介绍了纽约时报的Strands游戏，这是一款独特的单词搜索游戏。与传统单词搜索不同，Strands允许单词在网格中改变方向，形成各种形状。游戏包含一个主题，所有答案都与主题相关，还有一个贯穿整个网格的“spangram”词或短语。文章提供了今天的游戏主题提示、spangram提示和答案，以及完整的单词列表。此外，文章还提供了关于Strands游戏玩法的基本信息，并推荐了其他在线游戏资源，帮助玩家更好地享受游戏。

🎭 Strands游戏的核心在于其独特的单词搜索机制，单词可以上下左右、对角线以及改变方向连接字母，形成不规则的形状和图案，所有字母都会被使用。

💡 游戏的关键在于主题和“spangram”。每个Strands谜题都有一个主题，所有答案都与该主题相关。“spangram”是一个特殊的词或短语，总结了当天的主题，并横向或纵向贯穿整个网格。

🧩 文章提供了今天的Strands游戏的具体提示和答案，包括主题提示“What talent!”，spangram提示“Is it vertical or horizontal?”，以及今天的spangram答案“VarietyActs”。还提供了完整的单词列表，方便玩家参考。

🎮 除了Strands游戏，文章还推荐了其他在线游戏资源，如Mahjong、Sudoku和免费填字游戏等，玩家可以在Mashable的Games页面找到更多提示和游戏。

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: What talent!

The words are often seen on stage.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are performance related.

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 VarietyActs.

NYT Strands word list for April 21

Danger

Juggler

Duet

VarietyActs

Magician

Comic

Acrobat

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