纽约时报的文字游戏Strands以其独特的玩法挑战玩家，玩家需要在字母网格中寻找与特定主题相关的词汇。与传统文字搜索不同，Strands允许字母连接方向多变，并要求网格中的每个字母都属于一个答案。游戏提供一个笼统的线索来概括当天的所有答案，并有一个贯穿整个网格的“spangram”来点明主题。今日的Strands游戏提示聚焦于“不寻常的伙伴”，所有答案都与动物相关，尤其是那些不常见的宠物，spangram为“Exotic Pet”。

💡 Strands是一款新颖的文字搜索游戏，玩家需在字母网格中寻找与特定主题相关的词汇。游戏规则独特，允许字母连接方向多变，且要求网格中的所有字母都被使用。

🎯 游戏的核心在于发现隐藏在字母网格中的词汇，这些词汇都围绕着一个共同的主题。此外，还有一个贯穿网格的“spangram”，它概括了当天的整体主题。

🐾 今日的NYT Strands游戏主题是“不寻常的伙伴”，所有答案都与动物相关。特别地，游戏强调的是那些不常见的宠物，spangram（贯穿整个网格的词）是“Exotic Pet”。

🤔 相较于Wordle或Connections等游戏，Strands由于不提供词汇列表且线索较为模糊，游戏过程更具挑战性，需要玩家花费更多时间来解谜。

Today's NYT Strands hints focus on comfort.

Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, 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 preferred pace.

Today's NYT Strands puzzle should be easy to solve, provided that you're an animal lover.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Unusual companions

The words are related to animals.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words describe uncommon animals.

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 Exotic Pet.

NYT Strands word list for October 7

Chinchilla

Gecko

Skunk

Exotic Pet

Axolotl

Pyhton

Parrot

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