Strands是纽约时报推出的一款新颖的文字游戏，它在经典单词搜索的基础上进行了创新。玩家需要将相邻的字母连接起来组成单词，这些字母可以上下左右或对角连接，并且单词的走向可以改变，形成独特的形状。游戏网格中的每个字母都必须被用到。所有单词都围绕一个主题，并且存在一个贯穿整个网格（水平或垂直）的“spangram”，它概括了当天的核心主题。游戏不提供单词列表，仅有模糊的提示，因此更具挑战性，游戏时间也相对较长。对于卡住或时间有限的玩家，本文提供了解题线索和帮助。

⭐ Strands游戏是一款文字搜索游戏，其核心玩法在于连接字母组成单词，字母连接方式多样，包括直线和转折，每个字母都必须被使用。

🎯 游戏包含一个核心主题，所有找到的单词都与该主题相关，同时还有一个“spangram”，它是一个贯穿整个网格的单词或短语，概括了当天的游戏主题。

🤔 与其他文字游戏不同，Strands不直接提供单词列表，而是通过不明确的提示来增加游戏的挑战性和趣味性，玩家需要花费更多时间来解谜。

🏖️ 本文提供了7月20日Strands游戏的具体线索，包括主题“Shore thing!”，提示单词与服装相关，并且是“穿着在水中的物品”，最终的spangram是“Beach Attire”。

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: Shore thing!

The words are clothing-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are things worn in water.

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 Beach Attire.

NYT Strands word list for July 20

Bikini

Trunks

Beach Attire

Sarong

Wrap

Sandals

Swimsuit

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