NYT Strands Today – Clues, Spangram and Answers for Game #276 (Wednesday, December 4, 2024)

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Need help with NYT Strands today? Today’s theme – “I Pronounce You Now” – is probably the most difficult Strands puzzle I’ve played to date.

Below we’ve put together some useful tips for Strands #276, as well as answers should it come up. We’ll start with some hints before moving on to the full answer for Strands #276. So read on if you need a little help.

Warning: There are spoilers for Strands #276.

Today’s Answer from NYT Strands – Today’s Topic and Notes

The official theme for NYT Strands #276 is… “I’ll explain to you now…”

And here’s an unofficial note from me: “Accents on the written word.”

If you are still in the dark, here are some useful words that will give you the valuable clue tokens:

CIVIL
BEND
MOUTH
DATE
CAME
CRAIC
PATH

Are you still having problems? The Spangram gives you a clue to the connecting word. Today it starts with “D” and ends with “S”.

Scroll down to find out what it is…

They are DIACRITICS.

Today’s Strands Answers

So what are today’s Strands answers for game #276?

Drum roll please…

Acute
GRAVE
TILDE
UMLAUT
CIRCUMFLEX
CEDILLA

Strands #276

(Image credit: Alan Martin)

…and the spangram was DIACRITICS.

Strands #276

“I’ll explain to you now…”

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Hello Strands fans. I’m not surprised you’re reading this! This was by far the most difficult Strands puzzle I’ve played so far. I’m not ashamed to say I had to look up the spangram as it’s not a word I’m familiar with (I had just called DIACRITICS “accents” myself).

I only got there after using no less than three clues, after assuming that the “I pronounce you now…” topic was about marriage.

These answers were ACT, HEAVY and TILDE, and it was the last one that made me realize that this was about accents. After searching for synonyms and seeing the letters “ITICS” between two of my answers, I realized the spangram was DIACRITICS.

With that in mind, I found UMLAUT in the top left corner and then CIRCUMFLEX opposite on the right. That left only CEDILLA, but it was an answer where I just randomly connected my remaining characters since I’d never heard the word before.

Phew, a really nasty puzzle for me. If you understood it without hints, then well done!

Yesterday’s Strands answers

Are you reading this in a later time zone? The full article on yesterday’s Strands responses can be found here Game #275 here.

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