Strands是纽约时报推出的一款独特的单词搜索游戏，它挑战玩家在网格中寻找单词，这些单词可以沿不同方向连接。游戏设有主题和“spangram”（一个总结主题的特殊词或短语），增加了游戏的趣味性。与Wordle和Connections等游戏相比，Strands更具挑战性，需要更多时间来解决。文章提供了关于Strands的提示和解答，帮助玩家理解游戏规则、找到答案，并享受游戏带来的乐趣。

🧩 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，甚至可以改变方向，形成各种形状。网格中的每个字母都会成为答案的一部分，增加了游戏的复杂性和趣味性。

💡 游戏设有主题，所有答案都与主题相关联。此外，还有一个“spangram”，它是一个总结当天主题的特殊词或短语，横向或纵向跨越整个网格。例如，今天的spangram是“Community”。

🤔 与Wordle和Connections等游戏相比，Strands更具挑战性，需要花费更多时间来解决。文章提供了关于Strands的提示，帮助玩家理解游戏规则、找到答案，并提供了7月14日的单词列表，包括Teacher, Mayor, Community, Librarian, Firefighter, Janitor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: Won't you be my neighbor?

The words are town-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are local occupations.

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 Community.

NYT Strands word list for July 14

Teacher

Mayor

Community

Librarian

Firefighter

Janitor

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