纽约时报推出的Strands是一款新颖的文字游戏，它在经典词汇搜索的基础上进行了创新。玩家需要寻找与特定主题相关的单词，这些单词可以由相邻字母（上下左右或对角线）组成，并且可以改变方向。游戏网格中的每个字母都必须构成一个单词。游戏的核心在于一个贯穿整个网格的主题词（spangram），它概括了当天的所有线索。Strands通过提供模糊的提示和隐藏单词列表，提供了一种比Wordle和Connections更具挑战性的解谜体验，通常需要10分钟以上才能完成。

💡 Strands游戏规则：在经典的词汇搜索基础上，字母可以上下左右或对角线连接，并且可以改变方向。网格中的所有字母都必须是某个单词的一部分。

🗺️ 主题与Spangram：游戏围绕一个主题展开，所有单词都与该主题相关。Spangram是贯穿整个网格的特殊词语或短语，概括了当天的整体主题。

🧠 游戏特色与挑战：Strands提供模糊的提示且不公开单词列表，增加了游戏的脑力挑战性，相比Wordle和Connections，游戏时间更长，需要玩家投入更多时间来解谜。

🏞️ 今日主题与线索：本次Strands的主题是“地貌相关”，所有单词都属于这一类别。例如，今日的Spangram是“Rock Formation”（岩石构造），它水平贯穿整个网格。

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: A long time in the making

The words are landscape-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are geological features.

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 Rock Formation.

NYT Strands word list for August 29

Spire

Gorge

Arch

Needle

Pillar

Rock Formation

Butte

Mesa

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.