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 Tuesday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, December 9 (game #646).
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 #647) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… A Nobel effort
NYT Strands today (game #647) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- CUTE
- STALE
- CRUSH
- SEAT
- RELEASE
- THEM
NYT Strands today (game #647) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NYT Strands today (game #647) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: top, 3rd 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 #647) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #647, are…
- PEACE
- LITERATURE
- MEDICINE
- CHEMISTRY
- PHYSICS
- SPANGRAM: LAUREATES
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
I didn’t use any hints, but I was sorely tempted to do so, as these intellectual Strands games test my limits.
The theme was obvious at least, so I went straight to the most obvious, and currently contentious, award – PEACE. Something which now apparently has a rival in the Fifa World Peace Prize.
LITERATURE was next and after that I looked for “science” before getting three science-based areas. I needed to get them all before seeing the spangram
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, December 9, game #646)
- REBOUND
- DUNK
- GUARD
- JUMP
- BLOCK
- DRIBBLE
- SCREEN
- SPANGRAM: BASKETBALL
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.
