Solve Today’s NYT Strands (You’re Styling!) Fast: Expert Hints and Full Answers for December 7, 2025
Stumped by NYT Strands #644? Crack the December 7, 2025 puzzle with laser-focused hints and the full solution—and turn your daily brainteaser into a vocab and trivia upgrade.
If your brain needs a gentle warm-up before diving back into movies and shows, today’s NYT Strands is basically self-care in grid form. Here’s the clean rundown for Strands #644, with the hints up top and the solutions parked below a spoiler warning.
The setup
Strands #644 is dated December 7, 2025. The theme clue points you toward grooming yourself. Word lengths land between 6 and 11 letters. For the spangram hint, think about the place you actually go to get groomed. Extra nudge: keep your head in the styling-yourself lane.
Quick refresher: in Strands, the spangram is the long, theme-defining word or phrase that snakes across the board.
'Theme: You're styling'
Spoiler alert: full solution sits right below.
Full solution
- Spangram: BEAUTY SALON
- BRAIDING - Working hair into neat, patterned plaits.
- WAXING - Hair removal for smooth, polished skin.
- HAIRCUT - Trimming and shaping for a fresh look.
- FACIAL - A cleansing treatment to bring back glow and softness.
- EXTENSIONS - Adding length and volume for a more dramatic style.
Yep, it’s a full salon day. Did the hints get you there without peeking, or did you need the spangram to click everything into place?