NYT Strands Hints and Answers for December 13, 2025 (#650)
Spoiler-safe hints for the NYT Strands puzzle of December 13, 2025: the theme clue first, then first letters, word lengths, the spangram, and the full grid.
Stuck on the Strands puzzle of December 13, 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 13, 2025, one rung at a time
ThemeToday’s theme
All over the place
The puzzle calls today’s theme “All over the place”. Read it loosely: the 5 answers are examples of it, not synonyms for it.
Hint 2First letters
The theme words begin with C, D, S, T, U.
Hint 3Word lengths
By length, the answers run 6, 6, 7, 10 and 10. The shortest is 6 letters, the longest 10.
SpangramThe spangram
THATSWILD
9 letters, a single word, running from one edge of the grid to the opposite edge.
Starts with T, ends with D.
AnswersAll theme words
- STORMY6 letters
- UNRULY6 letters
- CHAOTIC7 letters
- DISORDERLY10 letters
- TUMULTUOUS10 letters
BoardThe completed grid
Theme wordSpangramEach line follows one word; the small number is that letter’s place in it.