Strands是纽约时报推出的一款新颖的文字游戏，它在经典寻词游戏的基础上进行了创新。玩家需要连接字母来组成单词，字母可以上下左右或对角线连接，甚至可以改变方向，形成独特的字母形状。游戏中的每个字母都必须构成一个单词。所有单词都围绕一个主题，其中包含一个“spangram”，即一个贯穿整个网格（水平或垂直）的特殊单词或短语，总结了当天的游戏主题。游戏不提供单词列表，仅给出模糊的提示，这使得Strands成为一款更具挑战性、需要更长时间才能完成的游戏，不同于Wordle和Connections等其他游戏。本文为玩家提供了解决当前谜题所需的线索和技巧。

🧰 Strands游戏的核心玩法在于连接字母组成单词，字母连接方式多样，包括上下左右、对角线，并且允许改变方向，增加了游戏的复杂度和趣味性。

🎯 游戏网格中的每一个字母都必须被使用并构成一个单词，所有单词都围绕一个共同的主题，其中最关键的是“spangram”，它是一个贯穿网格的单词或短语，概括了当天的所有单词主题。

💡 游戏不直接提供单词列表，而是通过提供模糊的提示来引导玩家，这使得Strands比Wordle和Connections等游戏更具挑战性，需要玩家投入更多时间和思考来解谜。

🔍 游戏的主题通常与“仔细查看”或“检查”相关，例如文中提到的“inspection-related”和“associated with looking closely”，而当天的spangram是“Analysis”，进一步强调了这一主题。

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: That's a good look

The words are inspection-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are associated with looking closely.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today's NYT Strands spangram is vertical.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today's spangram is Analysis.

NYT Strands word list for July 27

Weigh

Survey

Inspect

Analysis

Examine

Study

Scrutinize

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