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 30 (game #667).
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 #668) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… One good turn deserves another
NYT Strands today (game #668) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- SPIT
- TRIP
- WORLD
- HIRE
- SPRITE
- TOUR
NYT Strands today (game #668) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 13 letters
NYT Strands today (game #668) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 3rd row
Last side: right, 3rd row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #668) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #668, are…
- SPIN
- WHIRL
- CIRCLE
- ORBIT
- PIROUETTE
- ROTATE
- SPANGRAM: ROUNDANDROUND
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
A fitting theme as the planet takes its final spin of 2025, but I’m sure I wasn’t alone in thinking the theme was about doing good deeds, something that’s often on our minds over the Christmas period.
The first word I found was round, but at that point, before spotting the same word again, I thought it was a non game word – such are the tricks that Strands plays on us.
After getting SPIN I was off on my merry way, only stumbling over the hard-to-spell PIROUETTE.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, December 30, game #667)
- GOLDEN
- ABRACADABRA
- DAISIES
- MANCHILD
- ORDINARY
- SPANGRAM: HITSONGS
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.
