For an easy way to come back to our Strands hints every day,bookmark this page.

Below, Ill give you some oblique hints at todays Strands answers.

And farther down the page, Ill reveal the spangram and the answers.

NYT Strands board for December 19, 2024: Roll with it.

Scroll slowly and take just the hints you need!

BEWARE: Spoilers follow for todays Strands puzzle!

Were about to give away the answers to todays Strands puzzle.

Completed NYT Strands board for December 19, 2024: Roll with it.

What is the spangram in todays Strands?

Todays spangram is ROCKING.

What are the theme words in todays Strands?

The theme words today are: PROGRESSIVE, METAL, GLAM, GRUNGE, PUNK, ALTERNATIVE.

So much circular motion.

Maybe Im just hungry, but my mind is going to dinner rollsmaybe its a food puzzle today?

GLITTER is not a theme word.

Oh, but PROGRESSIVE is.

So is METAL, in the upper right corner.

Not sure what the connection between those two is.

Theyre both types of rock music.

So roll with it is a reference to rock and roll, got it.

GLAM is below METAL.

Theres the spangram, from right to left: ROCKING.

GRUNGE is in the bottom right.

PUNK is to the left of that.

Your job is to find the hidden words within the board that reflect the puzzles theme.

When you find the spangram, it will be highlighted in yellow.

Solving the spangram usually makes the rest of the puzzle much easier to complete.

There is only one correct solution.

How to win Strands

Unlike Connections and Wordle, you cannot fail Strands.

you’re free to’t run out of guesses, and there is no time limit.