New York Times Strands December 17, 2024 Hints and Answers

piece Here's another challenging puzzle game to ponder today. If you're looking for a challenge, this is a great puzzle. It's not the hardest thing piece There are puzzles, but they are not easy.

If you get stuck on today's puzzle, you can find all kinds of help in the sections below. There are general clues, spoilers, and more, and each clue is hidden so you won't spoil anything just by scrolling down.

NYT Games Strands Puzzle #289 December 17, 2024

that piece Today's puzzle has a clue It's lighting! You can find a total of 6 things, including spanggrams and 5 theme words.

New York Times Game Strand Clues

If you already know the rules on how to play pieceI know that the in-game hint system provides full words instead of general hints. If you want something that doesn't spoil the word, check out the section below for some general spoiler-free hints.

General Hint 1

Hint 1
: What is “Lit” short for?

General Hint 2

General Hint 3

Hint 3
: Literature = Literature

Spoiler for two words in today's text

If you want to see a spoiler or two about this innovative puzzle game, check out the two sections below. Each puzzle contains spoilers that differ from today's puzzle, as well as screenshots of where they go in the puzzle's letter grid.

spoiler 1

spoiler 2

Answers to Today's New York Times Gaming Topics

Want to see the full answer to this free-to-play puzzle game? You'll find spoilers for today's puzzle in the expandable section below, and there's also a screenshot of the completed puzzle showing where every word goes in the puzzle.

Today’s category is
novel genre
. The words are romance, western, crime, fantasy, and history.

Today's Strand Description

Why not download this minimalist puzzle game today? The section below provides a full breakdown of how the spangograms, topic words, and clues all make sense.

Today's topic is
novel genre
S. All subject words are various genres under the fiction umbrella. The clue is
It's lighting!
Because each of these subject words can be called Literature or Lit Fic.

Do you want to play? Check out the New York Times Games Strands website, available on almost any device with a browser.