Strands是一款由纽约时报推出的文字游戏，它在经典单词搜索的基础上进行了创新。玩家需要连接字母，单词可以上下左右或对角线方向，甚至可以改变方向形成不规则的形状。游戏 grid 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，并有一个贯穿整个 grid 的“spangram”来概括主题。游戏不提供单词列表，只给出模糊的提示，增加了挑战性，使得游戏时间比Wordle等更长。本文提供了游戏玩法介绍、今日主题线索及spangram答案。

🔹 Strands游戏的核心玩法是连接字母组成单词，与传统单词搜索不同的是，单词可以改变方向，字母连接可以是上下左右或对角线，字母组合路径不限，可以形成各种奇特形状。

🔸 游戏要求 grid 中的每一个字母都必须被包含在一个单词中，所有找到的单词都围绕一个特定的主题，并且存在一个名为“spangram”的特殊单词或短语，它会横向或纵向贯穿整个 grid，总结当天的游戏主题。

⭐ 游戏通过提供不明确的提示以及隐藏单词列表，创造了一种烧脑的解谜体验，游戏时长相较于Wordle和Connections等其他纽约时报游戏更长，旨在提供更具挑战性的文字游戏乐趣。

💡 本文提供了8月19日Strands游戏的具体线索，主题是“Dash it!”，相关的单词与标点符号有关，spangram的提示是“Is it vertical or horizontal?”，最终答案是“Hyphenated”，该spangram为水平方向。

✨ 游戏还列出了当日的单词列表，包括Willy-Nilly, Hocus-Pocus, Hyphenated, Hoity-Toity, Pell-Mell等，为玩家提供了进一步的游戏辅助信息，并提及可以访问Mashable的Games页面获取更多每日在线游戏的提示。

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: Dash it!

The words are punctuation-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are connected by a dash.

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 Hyphenated.

NYT Strands word list for August 19

Willy-Nilly

Hocus-Pocus

Hyphenated

Hoity-Toity

Pell-Mell

Looking for other daily online games? Mashable's Games page has more hints, and if you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now!

Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more.

Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Strands.