NYT Strands today — my hints, answers and spangram for Saturday, December 21 (game #293)

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.

  • MELT
  • STEEP
  • MORE
  • SEEP
  • SEED
  • PREY

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 #293, are…

  • ABBEY
  • TABERNACLE
  • MOSQUE
  • TEMPLE
  • MONASTERY
  • SPANGRAM: SACRED SPACES

  • My rating: Easy
  • My score: Perfect

Today’s theme was an obvious one, but for one fleeting moment I thought Strands could be paying tribute to the Northern Soul musical movement of the 1970s, whose slogan was Keeping The Faith.

The scene is quite an anomaly in the history of British music and was centered around a handful of SACRED SPACES (night clubs) in northern English towns, which put on all-nighters playing rare soul records – and the rarer the better. Despite being relatively short lived it had a huge legacy, thanks to the music and the passion and fervour of its followers.

Right, Strands done, I’m off to listen to Tainted Love.

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


  • LOOP
  • FLAKE
  • CHARM
  • SMACK
  • PEBBLE
  • CRUNCH
  • CHEERIO
  • SPANGRAM: CEREAL

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