NYT Strands hints, answers for December 26, 2025

NYT Strands hints, answers for December 26, 2025 Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you love to shop til you drop. Strands , the New York Times ' elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters - up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's always a theme linking every solution, along with the "spangram," a special, word or phrase that sums up that day's theme, and spans the entire grid horizontally or vertically. By providing an opaque hint and not providing the word list, Strands creates a brain-teasing game that takes a little longer to play than its other games, like Wordle and Connections . If you're feeling stuck or just don't have 10 or more minutes to figure out today's puzzle, we've got all the NYT Strands hints for today's puzzle you need to progress at your preferred pace. NYT Strands hint for today’s theme: Please hold The words are related to shopping. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy . Today’s NYT Strands theme plainly explained These words describe an annual shopping day. NYT Strands spangram hint: Is it vertical or horizontal? Today's NYT Strands spangram is horizontal. NYT Strands spangram answer today Today's spangram is Boxing Day. NYT Strands word list for December 26 Shoe Match Gift Lunch Boxing Day Tackle Tool Ballot Pizza Looking for other daily online games? Mashable's Games page has more hints, a nd if you're looking for more puzzles, Mashable's got games now! Check out our games hub for Mahjong, Sudoku, free crossword, and more. Not the day you're after? Here's the solution to yesterday's Strands. Topics Strands

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