NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, December 26 (game #663)

Date:
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Description:
Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram.

FULL STORY ======================================================================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
Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Thursday, December 25 (game #662) .

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.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game.

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 #663) -
hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

Today's NYT Strands theme is Please hold NYT Strands today (game #663) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. CHOSE CAKE
TELLING TOAD CHAT LUNG NYT Strands today (game #663) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram?

Spangram has 9 letters NYT Strands today (game #663) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: left, 4th row

Last side: right, 7th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #663) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #663, are GIFT MATCH SHOE LUNCH TACKLE TOOL BALLOT SPANGRAM: BOXINGDAY My rating: Hard My score: 1 hint

OK. I may not be at my sharpest today, but I hope I wasnt the only person baffled by this edition of Strands.

I managed to make my way around the board OK with the help of a hint but I failed to see what the connection was to all of the search words with BOXINGDAY. Perhaps, I thought, it's a cultural difference and there is some huge Boxing Day SHOE tradition in the US that people outside of the US have never heard of.

Finally, I got that box was the link, although I still dont understand the theme please hold. Is it something to do with telephone boxes? Yesterday's
NYT Strands answers (Thursday, December 25, game #662) LORDS DRUMMERS MAIDS PIPERS SWANS LADIES SPANGRAM: CHRISTMASDAYS 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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