Strands has a fun theme for its puzzle today. If you are looking to find some help with this one, not with the rules of Strands but the puzzle itself, you can find a whole bunch of things to help you below.
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This article is filled with the brim with general hints, spoilers, and more. You can even find the whole answer to today’s puzzle if you want to see it; it will be near the bottom of this article.
The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #284 December 12, 2024
The Strands puzzle for today has the clue Shape and Bake. There are eight things to find, including the one Spangram and seven themed words.
New York Times Games Strands Clues
This section contains three general clues for this minimalist puzzle game. If you want help but don’t want to use the in-game hint system, these are a good, spoiler-free substitute for it.
General Hint 1
Hint 1 : What is a shaped baked good?
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General Hint 2
Hint 2 : Confection party!
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General Hint 3
Hint 3 : Roll out the sugary dough and use shaped molds to cut them before baking. What are the shapes?
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Spoilers for Two of the Words in Today's Strands
If you actually want some spoilers, but you don’t want to save up non-themed words for in-game hints, check out the sections below. Each one has an answer from this mind-boggling puzzle game.
Spoiler 1
Word 1 : Bell
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Spoiler 2
Word 2 : Angel
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The Answer to Today's New York Times Games Strands
In the section below, you can find the full answer to this New York Times GamesStrands puzzle. Open it up to see all the themed words and a screenshot of a completed puzzle.
The category for today is CookieCutter . The words are Bunny, Diamond, Heart, Angel, Flower, Star, and Bell.
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Today's Strands Explained
If you have completed this puzzle but don’t get it, check out the section below. Inside it, you can find a breakdown of how the theme and the clue go together.
The theme for this puzzle is Cookie Cutter because each of the themed words are common shapes of cookie cutters. The clue, Shape and Bake, goes with this because when you are rolling out dough to cut it, you are shaping the cookies to get them ready to bake up in the oven.
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Want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Strands website available on almost any device with a browser.
Platform(s) Web Browser Released March 4, 2024 Developer(s) The New York Times Company Publisher(s) The New York Times Company
