NYT Strands Today: Hints and Answers for December 20, 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 #292 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 20, 2024.

Today’s Strands Theme

The theme for today’s Strands on December 20, 2024, is — Morning morsel

NYT Strands Hint for Today

The hint for today’s Spangram for Strands — a breakfast food made from roasted grain, usually eaten with milk.

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.

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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 grain-made breakfast food made using pulverized oats in the shape of “O”, also used as a parting phrase; starts with the letter “C” and ends with “O”.
  • Hint #2: a brand of breakfast food consisting of sweetened crispy rice, featuring characters from The Flintstones; starts with the letter “P” and ends with “E”.

Strands Spangram Position: Is It Vertical or Horizontal?

Unlike some previous puzzles that had some bizarre shapes, the Spangram for today’s Strands is mostly – HORIZONTAL.

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 1, Row 5
  • Last letter: Column 6, Row 4

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 #292 on December 20, 2024, is — Cereal

Today’s Strands Answers: Words List

So, what are the answers for NYT Strands on December 20, 2024? Find out below:

  • LOOP
  • CHEERIO
  • CRUNCH
  • PUFF
  • CHARM
  • PEBBLE
  • FLAKE
  • SMACK
NYT Strands December 20
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 #291 from December 19, 2024. In that case, you can find yesterday’s NYT Strands answers here.

Today’s Strands was pretty straightforward as it consisted of different types of processed grains that’s eaten as the first meal of the day. The first two theme words (LOOP and CHEERIO) set the foundation for this theme, making the Spangram quite apparent.

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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