Strands是纽约时报推出的一款新颖的文字游戏，与传统的单词搜索不同，它允许字母连接方向多变，形成独特的形状。游戏中所有字母都必须被使用，并且存在一个贯穿整个网格的“spangram”来概括主题。游戏通过提供模糊的提示和隐藏单词列表，增加了挑战性，玩家可能需要更多时间来完成。本文旨在为遇到困难的玩家提供今日份的Strands游戏提示和解法，帮助玩家以自己的节奏推进游戏。

🔹 Strands游戏的核心玩法是将相互连接的字母组成单词，连接方式包括上下左右、斜向，且字母连接方向可以改变，形成不规则的词形。

🔹 游戏要求网格中的每一个字母都必须构成一个答案的一部分，并且所有答案都围绕一个共同的主题，其中“spangram”是概括当日主题的特殊词语或短语，它会贯穿整个网格（水平或垂直）。

🔹 与Wordle或Connections等游戏相比，Strands的设计更具挑战性，它提供不明确的提示且不直接给出单词列表，使得游戏过程需要更长的时间和更多的思考。

🔹 文章提供了具体日期的Strands游戏线索，例如主题“Mint condition”指向与金钱相关的词汇，以及“spangram”的提示和答案“Global Currency”，并列出了当日的单词列表，包括Rupee、Pound、Kwanza、Dollar、Euro、Peso、Rand等。

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: Mint condition

The words are money-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are types of money.

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 Global Currency.

NYT Strands word list for August 20

Rupee

Pound

Kwanza

Dollar

Euro

Peso

Global Currency

Rand

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.