Strands是纽约时报推出的一款独特的文字游戏，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，形成各种形状。游戏网格中的每一个字母都必须被使用。所有答案都围绕一个中心主题，并且有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，增加了游戏的挑战性，使其比Wordle等游戏更费时。如果玩家遇到困难或没有足够时间，可以参考攻略获取提示，以自己的节奏进行游戏。

🔸 Strands游戏的基本玩法是连接字母组成单词，字母连接方式多样，包括上下左右、对角线，并且字母可以改变方向，形成独特的图案，游戏强调网格中所有字母的利用。

🔹 游戏的核心机制是围绕一个中心主题来寻找单词，同时还有一个特殊的“spangram”，它是一个贯穿网格的单词或短语，概括了当天的游戏主题，为玩家提供了重要的线索。

🎯 游戏通过提供不明确的提示和隐藏单词列表来增加难度，鼓励玩家进行更深入的思考和探索，使得游戏体验更具挑战性和趣味性。

🍀 游戏提供的具体线索包括“We have a winner!”和“These words are types of raffles”，暗示当天的单词与比赛和抽奖活动相关，而spangram为“Lucky Break”。

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: We have a winner!

The words are contest-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are types of raffles.

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 Lucky Break.

NYT Strands word list for August 5

Giveaway

Drawing

Lucky Break

Bingo

Sweepstakes

Lottery

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