Stuck on NYT Strands for Sunday, December 21, 2025? The theme is “Big bad wolf.” Start with the clue below, then open the spoiler section for the spangram and all seven other answers.
Today’s Strands hint
The theme clue is “Big bad wolf.” Think of a classic fairy tale about three pig siblings and a gusty intruder trying to topple their homes.
Answers for game #658
Spoilers ahead: The complete answer list is below.
- Spangram: THREELITTLEPIGS
- HUFF
- PUFF
- BRICKS
- STICKS
- STRAW
- BLOW
- DOWN
The spangram has 15 letters. TechRadar’s guide says its path enters from the right edge on row 3 and exits at the left edge on row 4.
How Strands hints work
Strands is a themed word search. Its spangram describes the theme and stretches between two opposite edges of the board. Finding three words that are not theme answers earns an in-game hint that reveals letters of a theme word.
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TechRadar published its answer guide on December 20, 2025. The Word Finder’s date-specific solver page, last edited December 21, 2025, independently agrees on the theme and answers. The Word Finder describes the board as an 8-row by 6-column grid.
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