本文是一篇关于纽约时报推出的文字游戏Strands的攻略。Strands是一款独特的单词搜索游戏，玩家需要通过连接字母来找到单词，这些单词可以上下、左右或对角线连接，并且可以改变方向。游戏包含一个主题，所有答案都与该主题相关，还有一个“spangram”，它总结了当天的主题。本文提供了Strands游戏的提示和技巧，帮助玩家更快地找到答案，并提供了5月16日的具体提示，包括主题、spangram的提示和答案，以及相关的词汇列表。

🎓Strands游戏的核心玩法是单词搜索的变体，玩家需要通过连接字母来找到单词，这些字母可以上下、左右、对角线连接，甚至可以改变方向。

💡Strands游戏有一个主题，所有答案都与该主题相关，这为玩家提供了线索。此外，还有一个“spangram”，它总结了当天的主题，并且横向或纵向贯穿整个网格。

📚文章提供了5月16日Strands游戏的具体提示，主题是“To a degree”，单词与教育相关。spangram的提示是垂直的，答案是“Graduation”。

🧩文章还提供了当天的单词列表，包括Speech, Diploma, Photo, Graduation, Procession, Tassel, 和 Gown。

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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: To a degree

The words are education-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are things found at an educational ceremony.

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 Graduation

NYT Strands word list for May 16

Speech

Diploma

Photo

Graduation

Procession

Tassel

Gown

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