New York Times Strands Hints and Answers for December 19, 2024

Strands has come up with quite the challenge for today. In order to win this one, you will need to find all seven hidden words in the letter grid while using up every single letter just once. And today’s puzzle has some long and challenging words hidden in it.

If you already know how to play Strands, but you just want a helping hand for this one puzzle, you can find hints in this article. Scroll down to see everything from just general hints to individual word spoilers to even the full spoiler to this difficult puzzle.

The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #291 December 19, 2024

The Strands puzzle for today has the clue Roll with it. There are seven items to find in the letter grid, including the six themed words and the Spangram.

New York Times Games Strands Clues

If you want some hints that will help you with the theme for this mind-boggling puzzle game, look into the sections below. Each contains a single hint that won’t spoil any of the words from today.

General Hint 1

General Hint 2

Hint 2
: ____ and Rolling.

General Hint 3

Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands

In the sections below you can find two spoilers for this challenging puzzle game. Each expandable section holds just one word from the grid that isn’t the Spangram, and it also holds a screenshot of where it belongs in the puzzle.

Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands

If you’re still having a hard time with today’s New York Times GamesStrands puzzle, the complete answer is hidden in the section below. Click the “Read More” button to view the full spoiler and the Spangram.

The category for today is
Rocking
. The words are Progressive, Metal, Glam, Grunge, Pink, and Alternative.

Today’s Strands Explained

If you want to see everything explained for today’s Strands, have a look inside the section below. It has a breakdown of how all the pieces of today’s puzzle fit together and make sense.

The clue for today is
Roll With It
because each of the themed words in today’s puzzle are rock and roll music genres. The theme is
Rocking
because each of these themed words are genres of rock.

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