NYT Strands Today: Hints and Answers for December 22, 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 #294 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 22, 2024.

Today’s Strands Theme

The theme for today’s Strands on December 22, 2024, is — Are you listening?

NYT Strands Hint for Today

The hint for today’s Spangram for Strands — a popular Christmas song from 1934 composed by Felix Bernard and Richard Bernhard Smith.

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: a vehicle on runners, drawn by horses or reindeer, to carry passengers; starts with the letter “S” and ends with “H”.
• Hint #2: a word to describe something that’s shining with a sparkling light; starts with the letter “G” and ends with “G”.

Strands Spangram Position: Is It Vertical or Horizontal?

While this puzzle does have twists and turns in shape, 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 4, Row 4
• Last letter: Column 5, 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 #294 on December 22, 2024, is — WinterWonderland

Today’s Strands Answers: Words List

So, what are the answers for NYT Strands on December 22, 2024? Find out below:

• SNOW
• BELLS
• SLEIGH
• WALKING
• GLISTENING

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 #293 from December 21, 2024. In that case, you can find yesterday’s NYT Strands answers here.

Today’s Strands was pretty straightforward as it featured words from a classic Christmas song. The first two theme words (SNOW and BELLS) set the tone for this theme, making it easy for me to crack the Spangram in no time.

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