NYT Strands Hints and Answers for December 10, 2025 (#647)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of December 10, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of December 10, 2025? Start with the theme, take one rung at a time, and stop as soon as the grid opens up. Nothing below is revealed until you tap it.
Hints for December 10, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
A Nobel effort
The puzzle calls today’s theme “A Nobel effort”. Read it loosely: the 5 answers are examples of it, not synonyms for it.
Hint 2First letters
The theme words begin with C, L, M, P, P. Two of them start with the same letter (P).
Hint 3Word lengths
By length, the answers run 5, 7, 8, 9 and 10. The shortest is 5 letters, the longest 10.
SpangramThe spangram
LAUREATES
9 letters, a single word, running from one edge of the grid to the opposite edge.
Starts with L, ends with S.
AnswersAll theme words
- PEACE5 letters
- PHYSICS7 letters
- MEDICINE8 letters
- CHEMISTRY9 letters
- LITERATURE10 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.