New York Times Strands Tips and Answers for December 17, 2024

thread there are more challenging puzzle games to think about today. If you want to be challenged, this one is a great puzzle for that. It's not the hardest thread puzzle ever, but not easy either.

If you're stuck on today's puzzle, you can find all kinds of help in the sections below. There are general hints, spoilers, and more, and each one is covered so you don't spoil anything by just scrolling down.

The NYT Games Strands Puzzle #289 December 17, 2024

the thread today's puzzle is the clue It's lit! There are six items to discover, including a Spangram and five theme words.

New York Times Games Strands Clues

If you are familiar with the rules of how to play threadyou know that the in-game hint system gives whole words and not just general hints. If you want something that won't spoil any of the quotes, check out our general spoiler-free suggestions in the section below.

General tips 1

Tip 1
: What could “Lit” be short for?

General tips 2

General recommendations 3

Tip 3
: Lit = Literature

Spoilers for two of the words in Today's Thread

If you want a spoiler or two for this new puzzle game, check out the two sections below. Each one contains a different spoiler from the current puzzle along with a screenshot of where it goes on the puzzle sheet.

Spoiler 1

Spoiler 2

The results of today's New York Times Games Strands

Want to see the full answer to this free puzzle game? You can find spoilers for today's puzzle in the expandable section below along with screenshots of the completed puzzle to show you where all those words go in the puzzle.

Today's category is
Fiction Genre
. The words are Romance, Western, Crime, Fantasy, and Historical.

Today's Strings were explained

Don't get this minimalist puzzle game today? In the section below there is a complete breakdown of the importance of Spangram, thematic terms and indexes.

Today's topic is
Genre Fiction
s. All words on the subject are different genres under the umbrella of fiction. The clue is
It's lit!
because each of these important words can be called Literature or Lit Fic.

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