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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, December 22 (game #659).
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 #660) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Br-r-r-r-r!
NYT Strands today (game #660) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- HILL
- CROP
- SNIFF
- GHOST
- FLINTY
- CAROL
NYT Strands today (game #660) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 8 letters
NYT Strands today (game #660) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 4th column
Last side: bottom, 4th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #660) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #660, are…
- CHILLY
- FREEZING
- COOL
- GLACIAL
- COLD
- POLAR
- FRIGID
- SPANGRAM: NOTSOHOT
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
A quick and easy game with an obvious theme and some easy early spots.
Finland, famously, has 23 different words for snow, but I’d say the English language comes pretty close when it comes to describing CHILLY weather.
Many of the words that describe NOTSOHOT conditions were absent from today’s word search including nippy, frosty, brisk, bitter, arctic and my favorite, which may not have made it to common parlance outside of the UK, “taters”, often combined with the phrase “it’s taters sarge”, an idiom which stems from Cockney rhyming slang for cold or possibly potatoes, no one knows.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Monday, December 22, game #659)
- SCARF
- BOOK
- CANDLE
- GADGET
- WINE
- LOTION
- EARRINGS
- SPANGRAM: REGIFTING
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a fully fledged member of the NYT’s games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I’ve got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you’re struggling to beat it each day.
