Curious about the answer for NYT Strands‘ December 18 game? Players can find it, along with the hints and theme, in this story. Strands is a word game that presents users with a six-by-eight grid of letters. The objective is to find a group of words that have something in common, which will also provide a clue for a particular day’s theme. If players discover the theme word, it will be marked in blue.
Moreover, users also need to find a special word called Spangram, which links two opposite sides of the grid. This special word also reveals what the identified words have in common and if found, it’s highlighted in yellow.
Strands hint and theme for December 18
The hint for December 18’s Spangram in the Strands game is “a bowler in cricket who makes the ball turn around as they throw it.”
The theme is “You say you want a revolution.”
The Spangram position for today is vertical. The first and last letters can be found in the third column and eighth row, and the second column and first row, respectively.
What are the Strands answers for today, December 18?
The Spangram answer for December 18’s Strands game is SPINNERS.
SPINNERS can be found in the middle portion of the grid, with the word starting from the ‘S’ placed in the last row and third column.
The other answers for today’s Strands game are:
- TIRES – Found in the bottom left corner.
- DRYER – Found in the lower left corner
- PINWHEEL – Found in the top left corner
- FOOTBALL – Found in the middle right position
- EARTH – Found in the top right corner
- BALLERINA – Found in the lower right corner
While Spinners refers to a type of bowler in cricket who makes the ball turn around as he/she throws it, there are other meanings for the word as well, per Cambridge Dictionary:
- A person who makes threads by twisting fibers.
- A piece of equipment for displaying goods in a store that turns around completely so it can be seen more clearly.
Strands can be played via the New York Times website.
