Strands是纽约时报推出的一款新颖的单词搜索游戏，与传统玩法不同，它允许字母连接方向多样，甚至可以改变方向，形成独特的图形。游戏的核心在于找出隐藏在字母网格中的所有单词，这些单词都围绕一个特定主题，并且有一个贯穿整个网格（水平或垂直）的“spangram”来概括主题。游戏不提供单词列表，仅有模糊提示，增加了挑战性，需要玩家花费更多时间来解谜。本文旨在为卡住的玩家提供每日提示和答案，帮助他们顺利进行游戏。

💡 Strands游戏规则：字母可以上下左右或对角线连接，并且可以改变方向，形成各种形状。网格中的每一个字母都必须被使用到。游戏围绕一个特定主题，并包含一个贯穿网格的“spangram”来总结主题。

🤔 游戏挑战性：与Wordle或Connections等游戏不同，Strands不提供单词列表，仅有模糊的提示，这使得游戏更具脑力挑战，通常需要10分钟以上才能完成。

🧠 今日主题与spangram：文章提供了一个具体的例子，当日主题是“心理学相关”，单词是“大脑功能的使用方式”。当日的spangram是“Left Brain”（左脑），贯穿网格。

✅ 辅助资源：对于卡住的玩家，文章承诺提供每日的Strands提示和答案，帮助玩家按照自己的节奏进行游戏。文章也提及了其他纽约时报的游戏，如Mahjong、Sudoku和Crossword。

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: Think on it!

The words are psychology-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are ways brainpower is used.

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 Left Brain.

NYT Strands word list for August 16

Left Brain

Analysis

Language

Logic

Numbers

Order

Reason

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