NYT Strands today — my hints, answers and spangram for Thursday, December 26 (game #298) | usagoldmines.com

Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.

NYT Strands today (game #298) – hint #1 – today’s theme

NYT Strands today (game #298) – hint #2 – clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

• TOWN
• WHEN
• RENEW
• TUNA
• SWAN
• CLUE

NYT Strands today (game #298) – hint #3 – spangram

NYT Strands today (game #298) – hint #4 – spangram position

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #298) – the answers

The answers to today’s Strands, game #298, are…

• AUNT
• INLAW
• GRANDCHILD
• NIECE
• COUSIN
• UNCLE
• NEPHEW
• SPANGRAM: REUNION

• My rating: Easy
• My score: Perfect

I’m sure I’m not the only one who started looking for nouns that introduce a relative clause in grammar (that, which, whom, etc), but that would have been a little too easy perhaps.

That said, today’s relative hunting wasn’t taxing – although even the thought of entertaining this many relations at a REUNION was enough to make me a little stressed.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.

Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Wednesday, 25 December, game #297)

• COAL
• SOCKS
• PENS
• SCARF
• TOYS
• CANDY
• ORANGE
• PLUSHIE
• SPANGRAM: STOCKING