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 29 (game #666).
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 #667) - hint #1 - today's theme
What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?
• Today's NYT Strands theme is… 2025 Top Twenty
NYT Strands today (game #667) - hint #2 - clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- STAY
- BRAISE
- SCORN
- BLOG
- RAID
- DIED
NYT Strands today (game #667) - hint #3 - spangram letters
How many letters are in today's spangram?
• Spangram has 8 letters
NYT Strands today (game #667) - hint #4 - spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?
First side: top, 1st column
Last side: bottom, 2nd column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #667) - the answers
The answers to today's Strands, game #667, are…
- GOLDEN
- ABRACADABRA
- DAISIES
- MANCHILD
- ORDINARY
- SPANGRAM: HITSONGS
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
It was pretty obvious that this search contained ABRACADABRA, but hopefully I wasn’t the only person who spent about five minutes trying to connect all the letters after starting from the wrong end.
The Lady Gaga hit is exceptional, but I prefer the Steve Miller band song with the same title from 1982, the same for GOLDEN from the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack – which has eclipsed the magnificent Harry Styles song of the identical name. Get your own song titles, 2025.
Anyhow, these minor gripes aside this was a fun game to remind us of how in or out of touch we are with chart music.
Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Monday, December 29, game #666)
- BELT
- SHIRT
- VEST
- TROUSERS
- JACKET
- CUFFLINKS
- SPANGRAM: SUITYOURSELF
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.
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