Today's NYT Strands hints and answersCredit: New York TimesLooking for Wednesdays Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here:Christmas is over. The fat goose is likely dead and eaten. The old man has a few more pennies in his hat, though theyll likely be spent before the new year. Mistletoe has served its purpose. All three ships have sailed in. 2025 is about to begin. And we have a Strands grid to solve and words to uncover!Strands is the newest game in the New York Times stable of puzzle games. Its a fun twist on classic word search games. Every day were given a new theme and then tasked with uncovering all the words on the grid that fit that theme, including a spangram that spans two sides of the board. One of these words is the spangram which crosses from one side of the grid to another and reveals even more about the days theme.Spoilers ahead.Todays Strands HintsTodays Theme: Relative conjunctionHint #1: More like relatives.Hint #2: Just not immediate family.Read More: Todays Wordle #1286 Hints, Clues And Answer For Thursday, December 26thTo help you uncover all the words, here are the first two letters of every word, including the spangram.NIGRNEUNAUCOINRERemember, spoilers ahead!What Are Todays Strands Answers?Todays spangram is: REUNIONHeres the full list of words:NIECEGRANDCHILDNEPHEWUNCLEAUNTCOUSININLAWHeres the completed Strands grid:Today's StrandsScreenshot: Erik KainTodays Strands BreakdownConjunction threw me off on this one for a spell. Clever to use the theme to misdirect, since relative is too on-the-nose. Once Id found AUNT and UNCLE, however, it was pretty easy to piece the rest together. I wish the spangram had been FAMILYREUNION instead of just REUNION, which felt a bit like a cop-out. I think the trickiest of all these words was INLAW, which I looked at for the longest time (having already gotten AUNT and COUSIN) and still couldnt unscramble in my head. I had to type out the letters and as soon as I did that I saw the word.How did you do on your Strands today? Let me know on Twitter and Facebook.Be sure to check out my blog for my daily Wordle guides as well as all my other writing about TV shows, streaming guides, movie reviews, video game coverage and much more. Thanks for stopping by!