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NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, November 26 (game #633)

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NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, November 26 (game #633)

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

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NYT Strands hints and answers for Wednesday, November 26 (game #633) News By Johnny Dee Contributions from Marc McLaren published 25 November 2025

My clues will help you solve the NYT's Strands today and keep that streak going

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NYT Strands homescreen on a mobile phone screen, on a light blue background (Image credit: New York Times) Jump to:
  • Hint #1: Today's theme
  • Hint #2: Clue words
  • Hint #3: Spangram letters
  • Hint #4: Spangram position
  • Today's answers
  • Yesterday's answers
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 Tuesday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Tuesday, November 25 (game #632).

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.

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SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

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NYT Strands today (game #633) - hint #1 - today's theme

What is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… All aboard!

NYT Strands today (game #633) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

  • SNAP
  • CHIN
  • GASP
  • BOAST
  • GREAT
  • CHEAT

NYT Strands today (game #633) - hint #3 - spangram letters

How many letters are in today's spangram?

• Spangram has 14 letters

NYT Strands today (game #633) - hint #4 - spangram position

What are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

First side: left, 5th row

Last side: right, 1st row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

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NYT Strands today (game #633) - the answers

NYT Strands answers for game 633 on a blue background

(Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Strands, game #633, are…

  • QUIET
  • COACH
  • DINING
  • OBSERVATION
  • SLEEPER
  • SPANGRAM: PASSENGERTRAIN
  • My rating: Hard
  • My score: 2 hints

Sometimes seeing part of a word is the thing that helps you find all of it. This was the case today when I worked backwards from T-I-O-N to get the longest game word OBSERVATION.

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After finding QUIET and not understanding its significance I took two hints getting COACH and DINING before landing that extra-long spangram – which, very pleasingly, was sort of in the shape of a train.

The best thing about Amtrak’s OBSERVATION car is that they have seats that face sideways rather than the direction of travel, making the view the star, something that’s unique in my experience of train travel.

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Tuesday, November 25, game #632)

  • ACME
  • APEX
  • SUMMIT
  • PINNACLE
  • PEAK
  • HEIGHT
  • ZENITH
  • SPANGRAM: UPPERLIMIT

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.

TOPICS Wordle Johnny DeeContributor

Johnny is a freelance pop culture journalist who has been writing about the internet, music, football and famous people since the iPhone was just a twinkle in Steve Jobs' eye. Previously known by the pseudonym the Pop Detective, his journalistic career began making up stories about Madonna's addiction to sausage rolls (this is not true by the way). A man of few talents, his career is rich and various and includes the highs of interviewing Elton John and Blur; and the lows of interviewing Right Said Fred, appearing on a Channel 5 documentary about Peter Kay, and fact-checking the instruction manual for a German cooker. Somehow still affording to live in North London he is at his happiest riding his bicycle and shouting at pigeons.

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