NYT Strands game #647, published Wednesday, December 10, 2025, has the theme “A Nobel effort.” Its spangram is LAUREATES, and its five theme answers are PEACE, LITERATURE, MEDICINE, CHEMISTRY, and PHYSICS. Spoilers follow, from light hints to the complete solution.
Theme hint for Strands #647
The theme is “A Nobel effort.” The answers are Nobel-associated award fields or areas. TechRadar’s guide for the December 10 puzzle gives this theme, and the date’s entry in the Strands Solution archive corroborates it.
Optional hint words
If you want to use Strands’ in-game hint system before viewing the solutions, the guide reports these words to find on the board:
- CUTE
- STALE
- CRUSH
- SEAT
- RELEASE
- THEM
These are hint-trigger words, not the five themed answers.
Spangram hint
The spangram has nine letters. The guide reports that it starts at the top edge in the third column and ends at the bottom edge in the fourth column. Those endpoints are hints, not a verified letter-by-letter route.
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Warning: the solutions are below.
- PEACE
- LITERATURE
- MEDICINE
- CHEMISTRY
- PHYSICS
Spangram: LAUREATES. The same answer list appears in the Strands Solution archive; the Play Strands NYT archive also lists the December 10 theme and a nine-letter spangram.
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