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 Friday puzzle instead then click here: NEW Strand’s Hints and Answers for Friday, December 12 (Game #649).
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 #650) – tip #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NEW Strands theme is… All over
NEW Strands Today (Game #650) – Hint #2 – Clue Words
Play one of these words to unlock the in-game hint system.
- WISDOM
- WHAT
- STAND
- DRUM
- THAN
- LUT
NEW Strands today (game #650) – tip #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters
NEW Strands today (game #650) – tip #4 – spangram position
What two sides of the board do today’s spangram touch?
First page: left, 3rd row
Last page: right, 5th row
Okay, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NEW Strands today (game #650) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #650, are…
- STORMFUL
- tumultuous
- CHAOTIC
- RUDE
- DISORDERLY
- SPANGRAM: THATWILD
- My assessment: Hard
- My score: 1 tip
This was one of those games where non-game words were much easier to find than the ones we were actually looking for.
After getting nowhere, I took a hint and went STORMY. Next I saw “tumult” and continued connecting letters until I got the awesome and rarely used TUMULTUOUS, a word that sums up our current age pretty well.
Since “wild” turned out to be a non-game word, I knew it had to be part of the spanframe, but I didn’t see that until I completed the entire board. I know this is a word search game and punctuation is impossible, but it’s hard to watch THATWILD without an apostrophe.
Yesterday’s NYT Strand’s Answer (Friday, December 12, Game #649)
- TEMPEST
- MIDSUMMER
- SHEW
- TWELFTH
- MERCHANT
- MERRY
- SPANGRAM: THEBARD
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.
