Want a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears every day at midnight for your time zone – which means some people are still playing “today’s game” while others are playing “yesterday’s.” If you are looking for the Sunday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Sunday, December 7 (Game #644).
Strands is the latest pun from The New York Times after Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s a lot of fun. It can be difficult, though, so keep reading my Strands tips.
SPOILER WARNING: The information on today’s NYT Strands is below, so don’t continue reading if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (game #645) – clue #1 – theme of the day
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• The theme of today’s NYT Strands is… Grammatically Speaking
NYT Strands today (game #645) – clue #2 – clue words
Play one of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- LEAP
- UNCLE
- TRACE
- HARMFUL
- STORE
- CHART
NYT Strands today (game #645) – clue #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 13 letters
NYT Strands today (game #645) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the picture that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 1st row
Last side: right, 2nd row
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #645) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #645, are…
- NAME
- VERB
- ADJECTIVE
- ARTICLE
- CONJUNCTION
- SPANGRAM: PARTS OF SPEECH
- My rating: Easy
- My rating: Perfect
Getting NOUN confirmed today’s theme and some – if not all – of the other words we were looking for.
The VERB and ADJECTIVE were the next most obvious grammar words and after that I saw speech and when that didn’t turn blue I spotted the whole spangram, which then exposed ARTICLE.
All that was left was CONJUNCTION, which I’m sure was most people’s latest discovery; Well done if it was your first.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Sunday December 7, Match #644)
- HAIRCUT
- FACE
- EXTENSIONS
- WAXING
- BRAIDING
- SPANGRAM: BEAUTY SALON
What are NYT Strands?
Strands is the not-so-new pun from The New York Times, after Wordle and Connections. It’s now a full member of the year-old NYT games stable and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a complete guide on how to play NYT Strands, with tips for solving it, so check it out if you’re struggling to beat it every day.
