纽约时报的Strands是一款创新的文字游戏，结合了传统词汇搜索和独特的连字规则。玩家需要在网格中连接字母，形成包含特定主题的词语，甚至可以改变方向。游戏强调找出贯穿整个网格的“spangram”，即概括主题的短语。与Wordle等游戏不同，Strands不提供词汇列表，增加了挑战性，需要玩家投入更多时间。本文将提供游戏的基本玩法介绍、今日主题提示以及spangram的线索和答案，帮助玩家更快地理解和解决谜题。

💡 Strands游戏的核心玩法在于连接字母，形成词语。与传统词汇搜索不同，字母可以上下左右或对角线连接，并且可以改变方向，形成不规则的形状。网格中的每一个字母都必须属于一个答案词。

🌟 游戏围绕一个特定主题展开，所有找到的词语都与该主题相关。此外，还有一个特殊的“spangram”，它是一个贯穿整个网格（水平或垂直）的短语，概括了当天的游戏主题。

🤔 Strands的挑战性在于其不提供词汇列表，而是提供模糊的提示，这使得游戏比Wordle或Connections等其他游戏更具脑力挑战，通常需要10分钟以上才能完成。

🤝 今天的Strands游戏主题是“团结”，所有相关的词语都围绕着“群体感”和“共同体”的概念。今天的spangram是“Solidarity”，它水平贯穿整个网格，是理解主题的关键。

🎯 游戏提供了诸如“Fortify”、“Support”、“Bolster”、“Comfort”、“Strengthen”等词语，这些词都与主题“团结”紧密相关，并需要玩家在网格中找到它们。

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: Stand by me

The words are community-related.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words describe togetherness.

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 Solidarity.

NYT Strands word list for September 21

Fortify

Support

Solidarity

Bolster

Comfort

Strengthen

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