New York Times Strands Hints and Answers for December 4, 2024

Strands has one of the most difficult puzzles seen thus far. Puzzle number 276 has a lot of words that may be unfamiliar to you. If you are stumped by this puzzle, you aren’t alone. This one is not going to be easy for most players.

If you already know how to play Strands but just want help with this one, you should look below. Inside this article are all the hints, spoilers, and answers you need to win this difficult puzzle today.

The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #276 December 4, 2024

The Strands puzzle for today has the clue I Now Pronounce You… There are seven items to find, including the Spangram and all six themed words.

New York Times Games Strands Clues

If you are looking for some spoiler-free hints for today’s puzzle, you can find them below. In the three sections, each one hides a single clue that will help you get closer to the theme of this mobile puzzle game without ruining any of the answers.

General Hint 1

Hint 1
: How to pronounce a letter or word.

General Hint 2

Hint 2
: Symbols that show how to pronounce letters in words.

General Hint 3

Hint 3
: Here is a list of all the most common pronunciation markings in English according to Businessballs.com:

• é – accent acute
• è – accent grave
• ê – circumflex
• ë – umlaut or diaerisis
• ç – cedilla
• ñ – tilde
• ø – streg
• ð – eth (capital form Ð)
• å – bolle
• æ – ligature
• œ – ligature
• ē – macron
• č – háček
• ŭ – crescent

Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands

In the sections below you can find some spoilers for a couple of the words in the puzzle. Each expandable section hold just one word from the grid that isn’t the Spangram and a screenshot of where it belongs in the puzzle.

Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands

The full answer to this puzzle game is in the section below. If you open it up, you will see all the theme words, the Spangram, and the locations of each of those in the puzzle’s letter grid.

The category for today is
Diacritics
. The words are Circumflex, Umlaut, Tilde, Acute, Grave, and Cedilla.

Today’s Strands Explained

If you want to see a breakdown of the whole New York Time Games Strands, open up the expandable section below. In it will be an explanation of how the clue, the theme, and the themed words all go together.

I Now Pronounce
is a great clue for today’s
Strands
because all the themed words are
Diacritics
, or symbols used to show how letters and words are pronounced.

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