NYT Strands Today: Hints and Answers for December 29, 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 #301 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 29, 2024.

Today’s Strands Theme

The theme for today’s Strands on December 29, 2024, is — Festival of Lights delights

NYT Strands Hint for Today

The hint for today’s Spangram for Strands — traditional foods consumed during the Jewish festival that commemorates the recovery of Jerusalem.

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 kind of Jewish savoury pudding made of potatoes or other vegetables, usually served as a side dish; starts with the letter “K” and ends with “L”.
• Hint #2: a plaited loaf of white leavened bread in Jewish cuisine; starts with the letter “C” and ends with “H”.

Strands Spangram Position: Is It Vertical or Horizontal?

Like some earlier puzzles, the Spangram for today’s Strands comes with a few weird twists and turns, but 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 1, Row 4
• Last letter: Column 2, Row 8

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 #301 on December 29, 2024, is — HannukahFoods

Today’s Strands Answers: Words List

So, what are the answers for NYT Strands on December 29, 2024? Find out below:

• KUGEL
• LATKES
• BRISKET
• CHALLAH
• APPLESAUCE

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 #300 from December 28, 2024. In that case, you can find yesterday’s NYT Strands answers here.

Today’s Strands could be straightforward if you’re familiar with Jewish traditions, but it proved to be tricky for those like me who don’t. I got to admit that I needed hints to decrypt the first set of theme words, and as soon as I spotted FOODS, I knew we were dealing with a specific festival.

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