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 Thursday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, December 11 (game #648).
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 #649) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Shakespearean titles
NYT Strands today (game #649) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- SPEW
- CHASE
- HARD
- TRACE
- THEME
- MUSE
NYT Strands today (game #649) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 7 letters
NYT Strands today (game #649) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th row
Last side: right, 5th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #649) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #649, are…
- TEMPEST
- MIDSUMMER
- SHREW
- TWELFTH
- MERCHANT
- MERRY
- SPANGRAM: THEBARD
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
After yesterday’s long and difficult spangram, today was the opposite end of the spectrum – short, simple and quite easy to spot.
TEMPEST aside, today’s search gave us partial “Shakespearean titles”, but they were all common enough words, if not all from the most famous plays; no place here for Hamlet or Romeo and Juliet.
