New York Times Strands Hints and Answers for December 20, 2024

Strands has a whole new puzzle again today. There is a theme and several themed words, all hidden inside a seemingly-random collection of letters in a grid. In order to win, you need to find all those hidden words, using every single letter in the grid just once.

If you already know how to play Strands but are stuck on today’s puzzle, you can find all sorts of helpful details in the article below. Whether you want theme hints, spoilers, or just the whole answer, you can find it here.

The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #292 December 20, 2024

The Strands puzzle for today has the clue Morning Morsel. There are nine things in total to find, including the Spangram and the eight themed words.

New York Times Games Strands Clues

If you don’t like the in-game hints in this free browser game because they give too much away, you should look below. Each of these three sections contains just one little spoiler-free hint toward the theme of today’s puzzle.

General Hint 1

Hint 1
: A tiny piece of a balanced breakfast.

General Hint 2

Hint 2
: A pop, a jack, a check.

General Hint 3

Hint 3
: One little piece of your oat or wheat floating in milk.

Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today’s Strands

Each of the next two sections below has one spoiler for this mobile puzzle game, and you can see them by pressing the Read More button below each one. Each of the sections contains just one spoiled word and a screenshot of where it goes in the puzzle.

Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

The Answer to Today’s New York Times Games Strands

If you want to see the full answer to this puzzle, open up the section below. Inside, you will see all the themed words and a screenshot of where all of these words go in the puzzle’s letter grid.

The category for today is
Cereal
. The words are Cheerio, Crunch, Loop, Puff, Pebble, Charm, Flake, and Smack.

Today’s Strands Explained

If you don’t get the answer to this minimalist puzzle game, you can check out the section below for an explanation. You can see how the theme and the clue all fit together to make sense.

Today’s theme is all about
Cereal
. Each themed word is a singular bit of different kinds of cereal, so each is a single
Morning Morsel
. For example, a single Lucky Charms in this is a Charm.

Want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Strands website, available on almost any device with a browser.