本文主要介绍了《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。游戏有主题和“spangram”——一个总结当日主题的特殊词或短语。文章提供了游戏的基本玩法、提示和关键线索，帮助玩家更好地理解和解决谜题，并介绍了游戏的相关资源。

🧩 Strands游戏的核心在于其独特的单词搜索方式。玩家需要通过连接字母来组成单词，单词可以在网格中上下、左右、对角线甚至改变方向。每个字母都属于一个答案。

💡 游戏包含一个主题，所有答案都与该主题相关，还有一个“spangram”，它是一个横向或纵向贯穿整个网格的特殊词或短语，总结了当日的主题。例如，今天的spangram是“Sandbox Toys”。

🤔 与Wordle和Connections等游戏相比，Strands游戏需要更多的时间来完成。文章提供了今天的Strands主题提示：与玩耍相关。 单词是户外儿童玩具。

📚 文章还提供了相关的游戏资源，包括Mashable的“游戏”页面，玩家可以在那里找到更多提示和谜题，如麻将、数独和免费填字游戏等。

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: Playing dirty

The words are play-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are outdoor children's toys.

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 Sandbox Toys

NYT Strands word list for June 27

Shovel

Funnel

Bucket

Sandbox Toys

Sifter

Rake

Mold

Truck

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