纽约时报的Strands是一款独特的文字游戏，玩家需要在字母网格中寻找由连接字母组成的单词，这些单词可以向上、向下、向左、向右或斜向连接，甚至可以改变方向。游戏中的每个字母都属于一个答案，所有答案都围绕一个共同的主题，还有一个特殊的“spangram”词语概括主题并横跨或纵贯整个网格。与Wordle和Connections等游戏不同，Strands提供模糊的提示且不提供单词列表，增加了游戏的挑战性，需要玩家花费更多时间来解谜。本文提供了今日Strands游戏的提示、主题解释以及spangram答案，主题与跑步和比赛相关，spangram为“Marathon”。

🎯 **游戏机制独特**: Strands是一款创新的文字搜索游戏，其核心在于字母连接的多样性（上下左右及对角线），并且单词可以改变方向，形成独特的形状。与传统字谜不同，游戏要求网格中的每一个字母都必须被使用，构成一个完整的解谜体验。

💡 **主题与Spangram**: 游戏围绕一个中心主题展开，所有单词都与之相关。此外，还有一个特殊的“spangram”——一个贯穿整个网格的单词或短语，它精准地概括了当天的游戏主题。这增加了游戏的深度和趣味性。

🏃 **今日主题与提示**: 本日的NYT Strands游戏主题与跑步紧密相关，提示词语均描述了比赛的相关概念。游戏的spangram（纵向）答案是“Marathon”，明确指向了主题的核心。

🤔 **挑战性与时间投入**: Strands游戏通过提供模糊的提示且不公开单词列表，相比Wordle和Connections等游戏，提供了更具挑战性的解谜体验，通常需要玩家投入10分钟以上的时间来完成。

Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you're a runner.

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.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Go the distance

The words are related to running.

Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained

These words describe a race.

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 Marathon.

NYT Strands word list for November 2

Start

Runner

Hydration

Marathon

Pace

Timekeeper

Finish

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