Looking for a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, December 10 (game #647).
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.
SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #648) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Let me elaborate …
NYT Strands today (game #648) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- STOP
- DRIP
- FOOT
- MUTED
- CRIER
- THEME
- DORM
- SAND
NYT Strands today (game #648) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 14 letters
NYT Strands today (game #648) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 2nd row
Last side: bottom, 4th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #648) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #648, are…
- EPILOGUE
- ADDENDUM
- POSTSCRIPT
- FOOTNOTE
- SPANGRAM: ANDFURTHERMORE
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
Despite this search being made up of just four words (and a spangram) it was one of the toughest games of Strands in months. Kudos if you found it easy and didn’t need any hints.
The theme really didn’t help me, but I did manage to find plenty of non-game words, so took a hint with EPILOGUE which sort of narrowed things down.
The other thing making this game particularly tricky was the ridiculously long spangram, which was every bit as vague as the theme.
