Strands是纽约时报推出的一款新颖的文字搜索游戏，它在经典玩法上进行了创新。玩家需要连接字母，形成单词，而这些单词可以上下、左右、斜向或改变方向，形成奇特的形状。游戏强调网格中的每个字母都必须被利用。所有单词都围绕一个共同的主题，其中包含一个贯穿整个网格的“spangram”，它概括了当天的主题。游戏不提供单词列表，只给出模糊的提示，这使得它比Wordle等游戏更具挑战性，需要玩家花费更多时间。本文提供了游戏的基本玩法介绍、主题提示以及单词列表，帮助玩家理解和解决游戏。

💡 Strands的核心玩法是在一个字母网格中寻找与特定主题相关的单词。与传统的单词搜索不同，Strands允许字母连接方向多样，包括直线和折线，使得单词的寻找更具挑战性。

🦁 游戏的关键元素之一是“spangram”，这是一个贯穿整个网格的单词或短语，它概括了当天的游戏主题。spangram的寻找是解开整个谜题的关键，并且它始终是水平或垂直排列的。

🐾 游戏的主题和线索是解开谜题的重要指引。例如，文章中提到当天的动物相关主题是“动物的姿态”，而spangram是“Warning”（警告）。

❓ Strands游戏不直接提供单词列表，而是给出模糊的提示，这增加了游戏的难度和趣味性，鼓励玩家深入思考和探索。当玩家遇到困难时，可以寻求提示来帮助进度。

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: Back away slowly

The words are animal-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are animal gestures.

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 Warning.

NYT Strands word list for July 24

Snarl

Growl

Hiss

Warning

Stomp

Screech

Spray

Huff

Rattle

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