Today’s hints for NYT Strands are clear if you prefer cooler conditions.

Strands, the New York Times‘ sophisticated word-search game, features an innovative twist on the classic word search. Words can be created from adjacent letters in any direction, including diagonally, and may alter direction, forming distinctive shapes. Each letter in the grid contributes to an answer. All solutions are connected by a common theme, and there’s a “spangram,” a distinctive word or phrase that captures the day’s theme and spans the whole grid either horizontally or vertically.

By providing a vague hint and omitting a word list, Strands offers a demanding game that requires more time to finish than other games like Wordle and Connections.

If you’re unable to solve today’s puzzle or don’t have 10 or more minutes, we have all the NYT Strands hints you need to continue at your own pace.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: B-r-r-r-r!

The words pertain to cold temperatures.

Today’s NYT Strands theme elaborated

These words indicate lower temperatures.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal?

Today’s NYT Strands spangram is oriented vertically.

NYT Strands spangram answer today

Today’s spangram is Not So Hot.

NYT Strands word list for December 23

• Chilly

• Polar

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