If you have a talent for language, the hints for today’s NYT Strands are quite simple.

Strands, the New York Times‘ elegant word-search game, presents players with a variation of the classic word search. Words are created from adjacent letters in any manner, including diagonals, and can shift direction, forming distinctive shapes and patterns. Each letter in the grid contributes to a solution. Every puzzle features a theme that connects all answers, in addition to the “spangram,” a particular word or phrase that encapsulates the day’s theme and stretches across the grid either horizontally or vertically.

By providing an elusive hint and leaving out the word list, Strands devises a more challenging game that requires more time to complete than other games like Wordle and Connections.

If you’re facing difficulties or are pressed for time, we offer all the NYT Strands hints for today’s puzzle to assist you in moving forward at your own speed.

NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: From a grammatical perspective

The words are associated with language.

Today’s NYT Strands theme explained clearly

These words pertain to terminology of speaking.

NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it aligned vertically or horizontally?

Today’s NYT Strands spangram is arranged horizontally.

NYT Strands spangram answer for today

Today’s spangram is Parts of Speech.

NYT Strands word list for December 8

• Noun

• Article

• Verb

• <p