Today’s NYT Strands hints and solutions.
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Today’s NYT Strands hints, spangram and solutions for Sunday, December 8 are coming proper up.
How To Play Strands
The New York Times’ Strands puzzle is a play on the basic phrase search. It’s obtainable on the NYT web site and within the NYT Games app alongside the likes of Wordle and Connections (which we additionally cowl in day by day guides on Forbes Games).
There’s a brand new recreation of Strands to play day by day. The recreation will current you with a six by eight grid of letters. The intention is to discover a group of phrases which have one thing in widespread, and also you’ll get a clue as to what that theme is. When you discover a theme phrase, it’s going to stay highlighted in blue.
You’ll additionally have to discover a particular phrase referred to as a spangram. This tells you what the phrases have in widespread. The spangram hyperlinks a minimum of two sides of the board, however it could not begin or finish there. While the theme phrases won’t be a correct title, the spangram is usually a correct title. When you discover the spangram, it’s going to stay highlighted in yellow.
Every letter is used as soon as in one of many theme phrases and spangram. You can join letters vertically, horizontally and diagonally, and it’s attainable to change instructions in the midst of a phrase. If you’re enjoying on a touchscreen, double faucet the final letter to submit your guess.
If you discover three legitimate phrases of a minimum of 4 letters that aren’t a part of the theme, you’ll unlock the Hint button. Clicking it will spotlight the letters that make up one of many theme phrases.
Be warned: You’ll should be in your toes. Sometimes you’ll have to fill the lacking phrase(s) in a phrase. On different days, the sport could revolve round synonyms or homophones. The problem will differ from day after day, and the puzzle creators will attempt to shock you typically.
What Is Today’s Strands Hint?
Scroll slowly! Just after the trace for right this moment’s Strands puzzle, I’ll reveal what the reply phrases are.
The official theme trace for right this moment’s Strand puzzle is…
A well timed theme
Need some additional assist? Here’s one other trace…
Tick-tock
There are eight theme phrases to seek out right this moment, together with the spangram.
What Are Today’s NYT Strands Hints?
Spoiler alert! Don’t scroll any additional down the web page till you’re prepared to seek out out right this moment’s Strands hints.
Here are the primary two letters of each theme phrase in right this moment’s puzzle. They’re ordered from left to proper, then high to backside by any letter of the phrase showing for the primary time:
What Are Today’s NYT Strands Answers?
Before I reveal the opposite the total thesaurus, I’ll first let you know the spangram and present you the place that’s on the grid.
This is your last spoiler warning!
Today’s Strands spangram is…
WATCH WORDS
Here’s the place you’ll discover it on the grid…
New York Times Strands screenshot, displaying the highlighted time period WATCH WORDS
Today’s Strands theme phrases are…
- HANDS
- WATCH
- WORDS
- CROWN
- ANALOG
- FACE
- DIGITAL
- LUXURY
- BEZEL
Here’s what the finished grid seems to be like…
Completed Strands grid for December 8 that includes the phrases HANDS, WATCH WORDS, CROWN, ANALOG, FACE, … [+]
I initially thought the grid would concern the vacations, however as I discovered HANDS and FACE, it was clear I used to be on the lookout for watch-related phrases. I acquired DIGITAL then the spangram earlier than clearing out the precise aspect of the grid. Not too troublesome right this moment.
I used no hints and the spangram was the fourth theme phrase I discovered.
That’s all there’s to it for right this moment’s Strands clues and solutions. Be positive to verify my weblog for hints and the answer for Monday’s recreation in case you want them.
If you’re so inclined, please do observe my weblog for extra protection of Strands and different phrase video games and even some online game information, insights and evaluation. It helps me out so much! Also, observe me on Bluesky! It’s enjoyable there.
