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’re looking for Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Saturday, December 27 (Game #664).
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 #665) – clue #1 – theme of the day
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Stock up on tissues
NYT Strands today (game #665) – clue #2 – clue words
Play one of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- FORK
- EVEN
- WHEY
- CHAMPION
- PHASE
- SOCKS
NYT Strands today (game #665) – clue #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #665) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the picture that today’s spangram touches?
First side: at the top, 1st column
Last side: bottom, 6th column
That’s right, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #665) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #665, are…
- Sniff
- SNEEZE
- COUGH
- WHISTLING
- HACK
- DROP
- SNIFF
- SPANGRAM: RUM SYMPTOM
- My rating: Hard
- My rating: Perfect
If you currently have a cold, I would like to offer you my sympathies; I just had one that lasted about three weeks and I felt really sorry for myself.
That said, the main COLDSYMPTOM I experienced was bad mood, something that wasn’t in the list of words we were looking for.
I call this a tricky game because it involved some difficult twists and turns, exactly the kind of difficult challenge to face when you’re competing with brain fog and a demonic SNIFF.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Answers (Saturday December 27, Match #664)
- TAKE
- NOTICE
- PERSPECTIVE
- POINT OF VIEW
- OUTLOOK
- SPANGRAM: MYTWOCENTS
What is 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.
