• Today’s NYT Strands theme is… You’re styling!
NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, December 7 (game #644)
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 Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Saturday, December 6 (game #643).
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 #644) – hint #1 – today’s theme
What is the theme of today’s NYT Strands?
NYT Strands today (game #644) – hint #2 – clue words
Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.
- FLAX
- BANG
- RAID
- DIAL
- BRANDING
- WIND
NYT Strands today (game #644) – hint #3 – spangram letters
How many letters are in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 11 letters
NYT Strands today (game #644) – hint #4 – spangram position
What are two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 4th row
Last side: bottom, 5th column
Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands today (game #644) – the answers
The answers to today’s Strands, game #644, are…
- HAIRCUT
- FACIAL
- EXTENSIONS
- WAXING
- BRAIDING
- SPANGRAM: BEAUTYSALON
- My rating: Hard
- My score: Perfect
Much like JRR Tolkein yesterday, today’s search topic was a mystery to me – but I still managed to find a passage through.
When you find a non-game word such as “branding”, it’s hard not to convince yourself that it must be part of the spangram, so I wasted a while trying to attach another word to it before giving up – and completely failied to spot BRAIDING.
I did, however, see BEAUTYSALON, which set me on my way in fine style.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands answers (Saturday, December 6, game #643)
- WIZARD
- HOBBIT
- FOREST
- QUEST
- SHIRE
- RING
- DWARF
- SPANGRAM: MIDDLEEARTH
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 Saturday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers…
