本文是关于纽约时报的文字游戏Strands的攻略，Strands是一款与众不同的单词搜索游戏，玩家需要通过连接字母来寻找单词，这些单词可以上下、左右或对角线排列，甚至可以改变方向，形成独特的形状。游戏有一个主题，所有答案都与之相关，还有一个“spangram”，一个总结当天主题的特殊词或短语，横向或纵向贯穿整个网格。本文提供了今天的Strands谜题的线索和答案，以及关于该游戏的更多信息。

🐦Strands 是一款独特的文字游戏，它要求玩家在经典单词搜索的基础上进行创新。单词可以由连接的字母组成，这些字母可以上下、左右或对角线排列，但单词也可以改变方向，产生奇怪的形状和模式。

🧩游戏有一个主题，所有答案都与主题相关，还有一个“spangram”，这是一个特殊的单词或短语，总结了当天的主题，并且横向或纵向贯穿整个网格。

🔍今天的Strands主题是“This is for the birds”，单词都与动物相关。当天的“spangram”是“Nesting Material”，横向排列。提供的单词列表包括：Leaf, Wool, Twig, Nesting Material, Fluff, Moss, Grass, Feather。

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: This is for the birds

The words are animal-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are things used for bird homes.

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 Nesting Material.

NYT Strands word list for July 2

Leaf

Wool

Twig

Nesting Material

Fluff

Moss

Grass

Feather

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