Looking for a different day?
A new NEW Strands puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone – meaning some people always play ‘today’s game’ while others play ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for the Saturday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Tips and Answers for Saturday, December 27 (Game #664).
Strands is the NYT’s latest word game, following the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult though, so read on for my Strands tips.
SPOILER ALERT: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NEW Strands today (game #665) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NEW Strands theme is… Stock up on tissues
NEW Strands Today (Game #665) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- FORK
- SAME
- Whey
- CHAMP
- PHASE
- SOCKS
NEW Strands today (game #665) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NEW Strands today (game #665) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: top, 1st column
Last page: bottom, 6th column
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #665) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #665, are…
- SNUFF
- SNEEZE
- COUGH
- WHEEZE
- HACK
- DRIP
- SNORT
- SPANGRAM: COLD SYMPTOM
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
If you have a cold right now, I want to give you my sympathy; I just had one that lasted about three weeks and felt very sorry for myself.
That said, the main COLD SYMPTOM I experienced was grumpiness, something that didn’t make the list of words we were looking for.
I classify this as a difficult game as it involved a few difficult turns, exactly the kind of challenge that is difficult to handle when you’re competing with brain fog and a demonic SNIFFLE.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Saturday, December 27, Game #664)
- TAKE
- OPINION
- PERSPECTIVE
- VIEW
- VIEW
- SPANGRAM: MYTWOCENTS
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new-anymore word game, following Wordle and Connections. It’s now a full-fledged member of NYT’s game stable that’s been running for a year and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a full guide on how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips to solve it, so check it out if you struggle to beat it every day.
