纽约时报最新推出的“Strands”游戏是一款创新的词汇搜索游戏，它在经典模式的基础上进行了升级。玩家需要连接字母来组成单词，这些单词可以上下、左右、对角线连接，并且可以改变方向，形成独特的形状。游戏的目标是找到与特定主题相关的所有单词，其中包含一个贯穿整个网格的“spangram”，它概括了当天的主题。与Wordle和Connections不同，Strands不提供单词列表，而是通过模糊的提示来增加游戏的挑战性，通常需要10分钟以上才能完成。本文提供了游戏玩法指导和部分单词提示。

🎯 **游戏机制创新**: Strands在传统词汇搜索基础上，允许字母连接更灵活，支持上下、左右、对角线以及方向改变，形成多样化的单词路径，增加了游戏的趣味性和挑战性。

🌸 **主题与Spangram**: 游戏围绕一个中心主题展开，所有单词都与该主题相关。一个关键的“spangram”会横跨或竖直贯穿整个字母网格，是对当天主题的总结性词汇，是解谜的重要线索。

🧠 **挑战性与时长**: Strands通过提供模糊的提示且不公开单词列表，显著提升了游戏的脑力挑战。完成一局游戏通常需要10分钟以上，适合喜欢深度思考的玩家。

💡 **辅助提示**: 文章提供了游戏的部分辅助信息，包括当日主题“Bee friendly”（对蜜蜂友好）以及与主题相关的单词提示，如“Primrose”、“Marigold”、“Wildflower”、“Bluebell”、“Chamomile”、“Daisy”，帮助玩家更快地理解和参与游戏。

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: Bee friendly

The words are plant-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are types of blooms.

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 Wildflower.

NYT Strands word list for August 26

Primrose

Marigold

Wildflower

Bluebell

Chamomile

Daisy

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