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 25 (game #662).
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 #663) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Please hold
NYT Strands today (game #663) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- CHOSE
- CAKE
- TELLING
- TOAD
- CHAT
- LUNG
NYT Strands today (game #663) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NYT Strands today (game #663) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th row
Last side: right, 7th row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #663) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #663, are…
- GIFT
- MATCH
- SHOE
- LUNCH
- TACKLE
- TOOL
- BALLOT
- SPANGRAM: BOXINGDAY
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 hint
OK. I may not be at my sharpest today, but I hope I wasn’t the only person baffled by this edition of Strands.
I managed to make my way around the board OK with the help of a hint but I failed to see what the connection was to all of the search words with BOXINGDAY. Perhaps, I thought, it’s a cultural difference and there is some huge Boxing Day SHOE tradition in the US that people outside of the US have never heard of.
Finally, I got that “box” was the link, although I still don’t understand the theme “please hold”. Is it something to do with telephone boxes?
