Strands NYT Hints, Spangram, and Answers for November 15, 2025 (Game #622)

NYT Strands game #622 is dated November 15, 2025. Its theme is “We can see right through them.” The hints below move from a gentle nudge to the full solution, so stop before the spoiler section if you want to solve it yourself.

Strands updates at midnight in each time zone, according to TechRadar; “today” can therefore refer to a different puzzle depending on where you are. This guide is for the fixed November 15 puzzle.

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Hints for Strands #622

Use these clues in order. Each one gives more away.

1. The theme points to things you might put in front of your eyes to see more clearly or protect them.

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2. Look for several kinds of eyewear and optical equipment, including a word for the glass or material used to focus vision.

3. The spangram is an eight-letter phrase meaning face to face: EYETOEYE.

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How Strands works

In Strands, players trace theme words through adjacent letters on the grid. The spangram describes the theme and stretches between opposite sides of the board. Finding unrelated words can unlock in-game hints. These mechanics are described by the answer guides from TechRadar and Try Hard Guides.

Spoiler: Strands answers for November 15, 2025

The complete solution for game #622 is below.

Theme

“We can see right through them.”

Spangram

EYETOEYE (8 letters). TechRadar reports that it begins at the top edge in column 3 and ends at the bottom edge in column 4.

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Theme words

• BINOCULARS
• GLASSES
• GOGGLES
• LENSES
• SPECTACLES

TechRadar lists GEESE, SLAY, LEASE, STOLEN, COST, and SALE as examples of non-answer words that can help unlock hints. Its description of the puzzle as “hard” is the author’s own rating, not an objective difficulty measure.

The five theme words and EYETOEYE are also listed by Try Hard Guides and the Strands Solution archive.

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