这篇文章介绍了纽约时报新推出的文字游戏Strands的玩法。与传统的单词搜索不同，Strands允许字母连接成词，并且可以改变方向，每个字母都必须被使用。游戏围绕一个主题展开，还有一个贯穿整个网格的“spangram”来概括主题。文章提供了今日Strands游戏的“Getting into gear”主题提示，指出相关词汇为比赛日所需物品，具体来说是体育用品。此外，还给出了今日spangram的提示——垂直方向，并直接公布了今日的spangram答案“SportingGoods”。文末还列出了今日谜题的单词列表，包括Cleats, Racket, Glove, Paddle, Skates, Helmet。

🎯 Strands游戏的核心机制在于其创新的字母连接方式，玩家需要连接上下左右或对角线的字母来组成单词，并且单词可以改变方向，这使得游戏具有更高的灵活性和挑战性。

💡 游戏强调所有字母都必须被使用，并且所有单词都围绕一个共同的主题展开，还有一个特殊的“spangram”词语能够横向或纵向贯穿整个网格，概括当日主题。

⚙️ 今日Strands游戏的谜题主题为“Getting into gear”，提示玩家寻找与比赛日相关的物品，具体指向体育用品。

🔍 今日谜题的spangram（概括主题的词语）呈垂直方向排列，其答案为“SportingGoods”。

🧰 文章提供了今日谜题的完整单词列表，包括Cleats（钉鞋）、Racket（球拍）、Glove（手套）、Paddle（球拍）、Skates（滑冰鞋）和Helmet（头盔）。

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: Getting into gear

The words are things needed for gameday.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words are sports equipment.

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 SportingGoods.

NYT Strands word list for September 5

Cleats

Racket

Glove

Sporting Goods

Paddle

Skates

Helmet

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