Are you looking for a different day?
A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight every day for your time zone, which means some people are always playing “today’s game” while others play “yesterday’s.” If instead you are looking for the Friday puzzle then click here: NYT Strands Tips and Answers for Friday, December 12 (Game #649).
Strands is the latest NYT word game after Wordle, Spelling Bee, and Connections, and it’s a lot of fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands suggestions.
SPOILER WARNING: Today’s NYT Strands info is below, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know the answers.
NYT Strands today (set #650) – track #1 – today’s topic
What’s the topic of today’s NYT Strands?
• Today’s NYT Strands topic is… all over the place
NYT Strands Today (Game #650) – Clue #2 – Keywords
Play any of these words to unlock the game’s hint system.
- WISDOM
- THAT
- STOP
- DRUM
- THAT
- LOUT
NYT Strands today (set #650) – track #3 – spangram lyrics
How many letters are there in today’s spangram?
• Spangram has 9 letters.
NYT Strands today (game #650) – clue #4 – spangram position
What are the two sides of the board that today’s spangram touches?
First side: left, 3rd row
Last side: right, 5th row
Well, the answers are below, so DON’T SCROLL FURTHER IF YOU DON’T WANT TO SEE THEM.
NYT Strands Today (Game #650): The Answers
The answers to today’s 650th Strands game are…
- STORMY
- TUMULTUOUS
- CHAOTIC
- UNRULY
- MESSY
- SPANGRAM: THAT WILD
- My rating: Hard
- My score: 1 track
This was one of those games where the non-game words were much easier to find than the ones we were actually looking for.
After getting nowhere, I caught a hint and got STORM. Then I saw “tumult” and kept connecting letters until I found the fantastic and rarely used TUMULTUOUS, a word that pretty much sums up our current times.
When “wild” turned out to be a word that didn’t belong in the game, I knew it must be part of the spangram, but I didn’t see it until I completed the entire board. I know this is a word search game and punctuation is impossible, but it’s hard to watch THAT WILD without the apostrophe.
Answers from yesterday’s NYT Strands (Friday, December 12, game #649)
- STORM
- MIDSUMMER
- SHREW
- TWELFTH
- BUSINESSMAN
- CHEERFUL
- SPANGRAM: THEBARD
What is NYT Strands?
Strands is the NYT’s not-so-new word game, after Wordle and Connections. It is now a full member of the NYT Games group that has been running for a year and can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.
I have a complete guide on how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check it out if you’re struggling to beat it every day.
