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 Friday puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Friday, December 12 (Game #649).
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 #650) – clue #1 – theme of the day
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Everywhere
NYT Strands today (game #650) – clue #2 – clue words
Play one of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- WISDOM
- WHAT
- STAY
- DRUM
- THAT
- THUG
NYT Strands today (game #650) – clue #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NYT Strands today (game #650) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the picture that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 3rd row
Last side: right, 5th 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 #650) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #650, are…
- STORMY
- TUMULTUOUS
- CHAOTIC
- INDISCIPLINE
- MESSY
- SPANGRAM: IT’S WILD
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: 1 clue
This was one of those games where non-gaming words were much easier to find than the ones we were actually looking for.
After getting nowhere, I figured out a clue and got STORMY. Then I saw “uproar” and kept connecting the letters until I got the fantastic and rarely used TUMULTUOUS, a word that sums up our current times pretty well.
When “wild” turned out to be a word that wasn’t part of the game, I knew it had to be part of the spangram, but I didn’t see it until after I had completed the entire board. I know it’s a word search game and punctuation is impossible, but it’s hard to watch Thatswild without the apostrophe.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Friday, December 12, Game #649)
- STORM
- MID-SUMMER
- SHREW
- TWELFTH
- MERCHANT
- HAPPY
- SPANGRAM: TEBARD
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.
