NYT Strands Today: Hints and Answers for December 28, 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 #300 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 28, 2024.

Today’s Strands Theme

The theme for today’s Strands on December 28, 2024, is — Just the essentials

NYT Strands Hint for Today

The hint for today’s Spangram for Strands — a healing treatment that uses fragrant essential oils made from natural plants.

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 left half and another from the right 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 strongly scented shrub of the mint family that grows well in warm to tropical climates of Southeast Asia ; starts with the letter “P” and ends with “I”.
• Hint #2: an evergreen tree of the cypress family with hard fragrant wood that’s repellent to insects; starts with the letter “C” and ends with “D”.

Strands Spangram Position: Is It Vertical or Horizontal?

Unlike earlier puzzles with weird twists and turns, 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 6, Row 2
• Last letter: Column 6, Row 3

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 #300 on December 28, 2024, is — AromaTherapy

Today’s Strands Answers: Words List

So, what are the answers for NYT Strands on December 28, 2024? Find out below:

• EUCALYPTUS
• LAVENDER
• CEDARWOOD
• PATCHOULI

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 #299 from December 27, 2024. In that case, you can find yesterday’s NYT Strands answers here.

Today’s Strands was pretty straightforward as it features different essential oils used for improving psychological well-being. The first theme word (EUCALYPTUS) set the foundation for this theme, and as soon as I spotted AROMA, cracking the Spangram didn’t take much 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.