本文介绍了纽约时报推出的文字游戏Strands的玩法和相关提示。Strands是一种创新的单词搜索游戏，玩家需要通过连接字母来找到隐藏的单词，这些单词可以上下左右或对角线排列，并且可以改变方向。游戏有一个主题，所有答案都与主题相关，还有一个“spangram”，它概括了当天的所有主题，并横向或纵向跨越整个网格。文章还提供了今天的Strands主题提示和spangram的答案，以及其他相关游戏的链接，例如Wordle和Connections等。

🧩Strands游戏的核心在于其独特的玩法。玩家需要在字母网格中连接字母来找到单词，这些单词可以上下左右或对角线排列，并且可以改变方向，形成独特的形状和模式。

💡游戏有一个明确的主题，所有答案都与该主题相关。玩家需要根据主题线索来推断单词，这增加了游戏的挑战性。

🌟除了普通单词外，Strands还有一个“spangram”，它是一个特殊的单词或短语，概括了当天的所有主题，并横向或纵向跨越整个网格。找到“spangram”是解开谜题的关键。

🌱文章提供了今天的Strands主题提示：“The musical fruit”，以及单词列表，如：Green, Kidney, Black, Fava, Bean Salad, Cannellini, Navy, Pinto。帮助玩家更好地理解和解决谜题。

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 musical fruit

The words are food-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are types of seeds that grow in a pod.

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 Bean Salad

NYT Strands word list for May 23

Green

Kidney

Black

Fava

Bean Salad

Cannellini

Navy

Pinto

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