NYT Strands today - my hints and answers for December 28 (#665)

NYT Strands hints and answers for Sunday, December 28 (game #665) My clues will help you solve the NYT's Strands today and keep that streak going (Image credit: New York Times) 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 27 (game #664) . 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 #665) - hint #1 - today's theme What is the theme of today's NYT Strands? • Today's NYT Strands theme is... Load up on tissues NYT Strands today (game #665) - hint #2 - clue words Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system. FORK SAME WHEY CHAMP PHASE SOCKS NYT Strands today (game #665) - hint #3 - spangram letters How many letters are in today's spangram? • Spangram has 11 letters NYT Strands today (game #665) - hint #4 - spangram position What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches? First side: top, 1st column Last side: bottom, 6th column Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Strands today (game #665) - the answers The answers to today's Strands, game #665, are... SNIFFLE SNEEZE COUGH WHEEZE HACK DRIP SNORT SPANGRAM: COLDSYMPTOM My rating: Hard My score: Perfect If you currently have a cold then I would like to offer you my sympathies; I’ve just had one that lasted about three weeks and felt very sorry for myself. Sign up for breaking news, reviews, opinion, top tech deals, and more. That said, the main COLDSYMPTOM I experienced was grumpiness, something that didn’t make the cut to the list of words we were looking for. I’m classifying this as a tricky game as it involved a few difficult twists, exactly the kind of challenge that’s tricky to deal with when you’re competing with brain fog and a demonic SNIFFLE. Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Saturday, December 27, game #664) TAKE OPINION PERSPECTIVE VIEWPOINT OUTLOOK SPANGRAM: MYTWOCENTS 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...

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