• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… Grammatically speaking
NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, December 8 (game #645)
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 Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, December 7 (game #644).
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 #645) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
NYT Strands today (game #645) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- POUNCE
- UNCLE
- TRACE
- PEST
- STORE
- CHART
NYT Strands today (game #645) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 13 letters
NYT Strands today (game #645) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 1st row
Last side: right, 2nd row
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #645) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #645, are…
- NOUN
- VERB
- ADJECTIVE
- ARTICLE
- CONJUNCTION
- SPANGRAM:PARTSOFSPEECH
- My rating: Easy
- My score: Perfect
Getting NOUN confirmed today’s theme and some – if not all – of the other words we were searching for.
VERB and ADJECTIVE were the next most obvious grammar words and after this I saw speech and when that didn’t turn blue spotted the entire spangram, which then exposed ARTICLE.
All that was left was CONJUNCTION, which I am certain was most people’s last find; kudos if it was your first.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Sunday, December 7, game #644)
- HAIRCUT
- FACIAL
- EXTENSIONS
- WAXING
- BRAIDING
- SPANGRAM: BEAUTYSALON
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.
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 Sunday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers…
