NYT has rolled out the December 19 edition of Strands for players to crack. To get started, the player is initially required to discover the theme to find words conveniently on the grid. The game gives you the freedom to seek words in any direction, not necessarily in a straight line. Moreover, it has a concept of a spangram, which spans across the two opposing sides of the grid and eventually describes the theme. In this article, hints are provided to solve the puzzle easily. So, here are the answers and hints for today’s NYT Strands.
Strands hint and theme for December 19
Here’s a hint and theme for today’s NYT Strands edition to help solve the puzzle.
Today’s Strands’ theme is Roll with it.
Theme’s hint: It is a term used to describe electrifying and enthusiastic performances that typically feature powerful beats.
What are the Strands answers for today, December 19?
Here’s the spangram theme and hint, alongside a list of words to find on the grid:
Spangram Theme: ROCKING
- The ‘R’ is placed in the third row and ‘G’ is placed in the first column.
- Rocking refers to a music genre, where members perform loudly and with full energy. The words under this theme are its subgenres.
List of Words:
- METAL – The ‘M’ can be found in the first row, forming the word in a flipped ‘L’ form.
- PROGRESSIVE – The ‘P’ is the first letter of the grid and winds down to the third row’s first letter, ‘E’.
- GLAM – The ‘G’ is in the fifth column and the word ends in the same column itself.
- ALTERNATIVE – The ‘A’ can be found in the first column, connecting letters toward the right and the word gets completed in a zig-zag manner.
- GRUNGE – Its ‘G’ is in the last row, completing the word in an ‘N’ form.
- PUNK – The ‘P’ of this word can be found in the last row.
