Missed out on yesterday’s puzzle and now can’t find the solution? Or maybe you need help learning the ins and outs of this popular game. Well, no worries, we have got you covered with yesterday’s NYT Strands hints and answers for puzzle #665 for December 28, 2025.
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Theme
Today’s theme is:
Noises You Make When Sick
Hints of Yesterday’s NYT Strands
NYT Strands is a word-finding game where the goal is to find the different words related to a single theme, which changes every day. You might have some trouble learning how to play Strands at first, but it gets easier the more you play it. So here is another hint for yesterday’s NYT Strands game:
If the above hint isn’t much of a help, here are some more clues to help you find yesterday’s words:
- SN
- SN
- DR
- SN
- CO
- WH
- CO
Yesterday’s NYT Strands Spangram Hint
The Spangram hint for yesterday’s Strands, December 28, 2025, was Diagonal and starts from the top left to the bottom right. Here’s another hint for the Spangram: it begins with the letter “CO”.
Spoiler Alert!
Scroll past this AT YOUR OWN RISK. The theme word answers for today’s Strands below.
Yesterday’s Strands Spangram Answer
If you still couldn’t guess the correct word for yesterday’s Strands Spangram, then here is the answer. Proceed at your own risk:
You can click on the reveal letter by letter before uncovering the full solution.
NYT Strands Answers for Yesterday’s Puzzle
Finally, the moment you have been waiting for, here are the answers to yesterday’s NYT Strands for December 28th, 2025.
- SNIFFLE
- SNORT
- DRIP
- HACK
- SNEEZE
- COUGH
- WHEEZE
Difficulty Level for Strands Today
As a NYT Strands veteran player and based on my experience with the game, I would rank today’s game 2 out of 5. On my scale, 1 is the easiest and 5 is the hardest, in terms of difficulty.
Yesterday’s Strands needed some thinking on my part, as I couldn’t find some more obscure words included in the puzzle. The theme, although, was a dead giveaway, I had no clue what the word “HACK” had to do with the action of sneezing. So I had to use a few hints to find some words, eventually solving the game.
Done with yesterday’s puzzle? Then you might want to go ahead and solve today’s NYT Strands puzzle to continue your streak.
If you are unable to solve puzzle #665, then the Spangram for the Strands puzzle from yesterday, December 28, 2025, is “COLDSYMPTOM”.
The theme for yesterday’s Strands game is – Load up on tissues
Similar to Connections and Wordle, NYT Strands now has a dedicated “archive” page. So, you can subscribe to NYT Games and play old puzzles by selecting the desired date on the website.
