Strands是纽约时报推出的一款新颖的文字搜索游戏，它在经典模式上进行了创新，允许玩家将相邻的字母（上下左右或对角线）连接成单词，并且单词可以改变方向，形成独特的形状。游戏中每个字母都必须构成一个答案，所有答案都围绕一个共同的主题，还有一个贯穿整个网格的“spangram”来概括主题。这款游戏不提供单词列表，而是通过含糊的提示来增加挑战性，使得游戏过程比Wordle或Connections更具思考性。文章为玩家提供了今日游戏的主题提示、单词列表以及“spangram”的线索和答案，帮助玩家解决游戏难题。

🎾 Strands游戏的核心玩法是将相邻的字母连接成单词，支持上下左右及对角线方向，且单词连接路径可以改变方向，增加了游戏的趣味性和挑战性，要求玩家找到隐藏在字母网格中的所有单词。

🎯 游戏的关键在于找到一个贯穿整个网格（水平或垂直）的“spangram”，它是一个概括当天主题的单词或短语，并且网格中的每一个字母都必须包含在某个单词的构成中，确保了游戏的完整性。

💡 Strands的提示机制别具一格，不直接提供单词列表，而是给出模糊的主题提示，如“Sorry, didn't catch that”和“game-related”，鼓励玩家通过联想和推理来发现隐藏的单词，增加了游戏的脑力挑战。

🏆 文章提供了8月3日Strands游戏的具体线索，包括主题“These words are types of mistakes”，以及“spangram”的提示和答案“Sports Goof”，并列出了当日的单词列表：“Fault, Fumble, Error, Blooper, Muff, Bobble, Whiff”，帮助玩家顺利通关。

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: "Sorry, didn't catch that"

The words are game-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are types of mistakes.

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 Sports Goof.

NYT Strands word list for August 3

Fault

Fumble

Error

Sports Goof

Blooper

Muff

Bobble

Whiff

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