NYT Strands Today: Hints and Answers for December 11, 2024

If you’re finding it hard to spot words in NYT’s latest word game, then check out these Strands hints today. Those bored with the New York Times’ sensational games like Wordle and Connections are turning their attention to Strands for a challenging new experience. If you’re one of them; struggling with Strands #283 then we can get you sorted. To help you out, we have included the hints, answers, and the Spangram for today’s Strands on December 11, 2024.

Today’s Strands Theme

The theme for today’s Strands on December 11, 2024, is — Board certified

NYT Strands Hint for Today

The hint for today’s Spangram for Strands — the activity or skill of making objects, especially furniture, from the trunk or branches of trees.

Once you’ve decrypted the Spangram, finding the theme words for today’s Strands is quite easy. If you still can’t figure it out, we’ve included hints for a couple of theme words below, including one from the top half and another from the bottom half of the board.

Spoiler Warning:

Scroll past this point AT YOUR OWN RISK. Hints and answers for today’s Strands below.

To make it easy for you to solve this puzzle on your own without having to scroll down to view the answers, here are some of the Strands hints that may help you:

  • Hint #1: a power tool used for smoothing a surface with abrasive materials; starts with the letter “S” and ends with “R”.
  • Hint #2: a machine tool that rotates a workpiece about an axis to shape it as desired; starts with the letter “L” and ends with “E”.

Strands Spangram Position: Is It Vertical or Horizontal?

Unlike some previous puzzles with bizarre shapes, the Spangram for today’s Strands is mostly – DIAGONAL.

We will help you to decipher today’s answer by providing the locations of the first and last letters of today’s Spangram below:

  • First letter: Column 3, Row 3
  • Last letter: Column 1, Row 8

Do you also solve Wordle every day? Our posts for today’s Wordle and today’s Connections include helpful hints and answers to these puzzles.

Today’s Strands Spangram Answer

The Spangram answer for today’s Strands #283 on December 11, 2024, is — WoodWorking

Today’s Strands Answers: Words List

So, what are the answers for NYT Strands on December 11, 2024? Find out below:

  • VISE
  • PLANE
  • DRILL
  • LATHE
  • CHISEL
  • SANDER
  • JIGSAW
NYT Strands December 11
Image Credit: NYT Games (screenshot by Ajaay Srinivasan/ Beebom)

Yesterday’s Strands Answers

Lost all perspective of time, did you? Is this not the Strands game you want to solve? Perhaps you are looking for hints and answers to Strands game #282 from December 10, 2024. In that case, you can find yesterday’s NYT Strands answers here.

Today’s Strands wasn’t necessarily straightforward as it required some background knowledge which will be hard if you haven’t performed DIY projects on your own. However, the first few theme words (VISE and DRILL) did help narrow down what the theme words would revolve around, leaving the Spangram pretty clear.

How did today’s Strands game pan out for you? Please share your thoughts in the comments below. See you tomorrow for more fun.

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