NYT Strands Today: Hints and Answers for December 15, 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 #287 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 15, 2024.

Today’s Strands Theme

The theme for today’s Strands on December 15, 2024, is — Moonlighting

NYT Strands Hint for Today

The hint for today’s Spangram for Strands — varying appearances of the Moon at different times of the month.

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: the verb used to describe the decrease in strength or intensity of something; starts with the letter “W” and ends with “G”.
• Hint #2: the state of the moon when its illuminated part is greater than a semicircle but less than a circle; starts with the letter “G” and ends with “S”.

Strands Spangram Position: Is It Vertical or Horizontal?

Unlike some previous puzzles that had some bizarre shapes, the Spangram for today’s Strands is – 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 5

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 #287 on December 15, 2024, is — LunarPhase

Today’s Strands Answers: Words List

So, what are the answers for NYT Strands on December 15, 2024? Find out below:

• QUARTER
• GIBBOUS
• WAXING
• CRESCENT
• WANING
• FULL

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 #286 from December 14, 2024. In that case, you can find yesterday’s NYT Strands answers here.

Today’s Strands was pretty straightforward as it consisted of words you use to describe the terms you’d used to describe the apparent shape of the Moon. This prompted me to crack the Spangram first before I moved on to decipher the rest of the theme words.

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