Should you’re studying this, you are searching for just a little assist taking part in Strands, the New York Occasions‘ elevated word-search sport.
Strands requires the participant to carry out a twist on the traditional phrase search. Phrases might be constructed from linked letters — up, down, left, proper, or diagonal, however phrases also can change route, leading to quirky shapes and patterns. Each single letter within the grid might be a part of a solution. There’s at all times a theme linking each answer, together with the “spangram,” a particular, phrase or phrase that sums up that day’s theme, and spans the complete grid horizontally or vertically.
By offering an opaque trace and never offering the thesaurus, Strands creates a brain-teasing sport that takes just a little longer to play than its different video games, like Wordle and Connections.
Should you’re feeling caught or simply haven’t got 10 or extra minutes to determine immediately’s puzzle, we have got all of the NYT Strands hints for immediately’s puzzle you’ll want to progress at your most well-liked tempo.
NYT Strands trace for immediately’s theme: Who on earth …?
These phrases are ladies’s names.
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At the moment’s NYT Strands theme plainly defined
Phrases are earth-inspired names.
NYT Strands spangram trace: Is it vertical or horizontal?
At the moment’s NYT Strands spangram is vertical.
NYT Strands spangram reply immediately
At the moment’s spangram is NatureNames.
NYT Strands thesaurus for December 24
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Laurel
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Willow
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Brook
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Holly
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River
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Clementine
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NatureNames
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