Birds of a Feather play strands together.

The New York Times Puzzle, which was introduced in May 2024 melds a word search and crossword into one challenge.

Before jumping into today theme hints and answers few tips on how to play.

Strands start with blank 6×4 grid filled with letters and box with today themes.

Players will look for words that go along with daily theme.

A few important rules to note

No words can overlap with one another

The entire board must be filled to complete the game

Letters that are above below next to and diagonal from each other are fair game when making a word.

Players can find non themed words to create hint which shows outline of letters that spell out a theme word.

The holy grail of Strands the spangram Each game comes with one of challenges words which span opposite sides of the board either up to down left to right.

Users can play strands for free but in order to access in depth performance statistics and analytics New York Time Games subscription or full New York Times subscription is required.

Here are hints and clues for todays Strands answers.

Plus find out theme words and spangram answer for december 30, 2025, puzzle at bottom.

What is today spangram word?

The answer to today Spangram word will appear below.

Proceed with caution

What is today Strand theme words?

The solutions to today Strands theme words will appear under this photo.

Golden

Abracadabra

Daisies

Manchild

Ordinary

What is a hint for today Strands theme?

Think Party Starters

What letters do today Strands theme words start with?

GO

AB

DA

MA

OR

What letter does today spangram word start with?

H

What is the definition of today spangram?

This two word phrase refers to chart topping music.