Strands是一款创新的单词搜索游戏，它在传统玩法上进行了升级。玩家需要连接上下左右或对角的字母来组成单词，并且单词的构成可以改变方向，形成独特的形状。游戏中，每个字母都必须属于某个单词。所有单词都围绕一个主题，还有一个贯穿整个网格的“spangram”，它以水平或垂直方向总结了当天的游戏主题。由于游戏提供模糊的提示且不提供单词列表，Strands比Wordle等其他游戏更具挑战性，需要玩家花费更多时间来破解。本文旨在为卡住或时间有限的玩家提供必要的提示，帮助他们以自己的节奏推进游戏。

🎯 Strands游戏的核心玩法是将字母连接成单词，连接方式包括上下左右及对角线，并且字母的连接方向可以改变，形成不规则的形状。

🌱 游戏中的每个字母都必须是某个单词的一部分，所有找到的单词都围绕一个共同的主题。此外，还有一个特殊的“spangram”，即一个横跨或竖贯整个网格的单词或短语，它概括了当天的游戏主题。

💡 Strands游戏提供模糊的提示，并且不直接给出单词列表，这使得游戏更具挑战性，也需要玩家花费更多时间来解决，与Wordle和Connections等游戏相比，更考验玩家的思维能力。

🌻 游戏提供每日的提示和答案，例如当天的主题是“植物相关”，提示词汇与植物生长相关，而spangram的答案是“Vegetable Garden”（蔬菜花园），这有助于玩家理解游戏的核心内容和解谜方向。

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: Inch by inch, row by row

The words are plant-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are things needed to grow plants.

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 Vegetable Garden.

NYT Strands word list for July 28

Blossom

Harvest

Grow

Ripen

Seed

Sprout

Vegetable Garden

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