本文为读者提供了纽约时报（NYT）推出的文字解谜游戏Strands的详尽指南。Strands以其独特的玩法和具有挑战性的谜题而著称，玩家需要在网格中寻找由链接字母组成的单词，并结合主题和“spangram”来解开谜题。文章提供了游戏的基本规则、解题技巧，以及针对特定谜题的提示，帮助玩家更好地理解和享受这款游戏。此外，文章还提供了其他在线游戏的链接，方便玩家拓展游戏体验。

🔍 Strands游戏的核心在于其独特的单词搜索方式，单词可以沿上下左右或对角线方向连接字母，并且可以改变方向，形成各种形状。所有字母都会被使用，每个谜题都围绕一个特定主题，并包含一个总结主题的“spangram”短语，该短语横向或纵向跨越整个网格。

💡 与Wordle和Connections等其他游戏相比，Strands通过提供模糊的提示，并且不提供单词列表，从而增加了游戏的挑战性。这促使玩家进行更深入的思考，需要花费更多的时间来解决谜题。

🏡 今天的Strands主题是“Get out the dust buster!”，即与家庭相关的词汇。文章还提供了今天的“spangram”的提示，即“Spring Cleaning”，并说明其方向为横向。文章还提供了游戏的单词列表，包括Donate、Spring Cleaning、Sell、Declutter、Label和Reorganize。

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: Get out the dust buster!

The words are home-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are ways to tidy up for a new season.

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 Spring Cleaning

NYT Strands word list for May 25

Donate

Spring Cleaning

Sell

Declutter

Label

Reorganize

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