NYT Strands today — my hints, answers and spangram for Monday, December 30 (game #302)

Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc’s Wordle today page for the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

  • TOUR
  • COME
  • PRESS
  • NICE
  • CORE
  • LOSER

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.

The answers to today’s Strands, game #302, are…

  • SONATA
  • PRELUDE
  • CONCERTO
  • SYMPHONY
  • OVERTURE
  • SPANGRAM: COMPOSITION

  • My rating: Moderate
  • My score: 1 hint

I admit that I always thought a few of these descriptions for classical music pieces meant the same thing. That saying something was a CONCERTO was the same as saying something was a SYMPHONY and that a PRELUDE was just a shorter OVERTURE that came at the start of the aforementioned Concerto or Symphony.

Despite my deep research into the topic (hello, Wikipedia) I’m still a little unsure, but I am 100% certain they are all types of COMPOSITION.

Regardless of my terrible ignorance, today’s Strands was a relative breeze once I gave up on trying to make Composers the spangram. Twelve minutes when I would have been better off listening to the fourth movement of Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 3 in A minor.

How did you do today? Send me an email and let me know.


  • KUGEL
  • LATKES
  • BRISKET
  • CHALLAH
  • APPLE SAUCE
  • SPANGRAM: HANNUKAH FOODS

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