Today’s hints for the NYT Strands are straightforward if gifting isn’t your preference.

Strands, the New York Times‘ elegant word-search challenge, presents players with a variation on the classic word search. Words can be created from adjoining letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, and they can shift direction, resulting in distinctive shapes and patterns. Each letter in the grid contributes to an answer. There’s consistently a theme linking every solution, along with the “spangram,” a specific word or phrase that captures the day’s theme and stretches across the entire grid either horizontally or vertically.

By offering a vague hint and omitting the word list, Strands presents a captivating challenge that tends to require more time than its other games, such as Wordle and Connections.

If you’re feeling at a standstill or don’t have more than 10 minutes to tackle today’s puzzle, we provide all the NYT Strands hints for today’s challenge to assist you in moving forward at your own pace.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Share it

The terms are connected to the festive season.

Today’s NYT Strands theme clearly summarized

These terms refer to offering gifts.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today’s NYT Strands spangram is laid out horizontally.

NYT Strands spangram answer for today

Today’s spangram is Regifting.

NYT Strands word compilation for December 22

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