Today's Wordle answer (game #1626) is… LEACH. LEACH is a great example of a Wordle homophone – and there are a few of those. That's because LEECH has already been an answer, to game #1,161, so people may well have misremembered today's solution as having already appeared instead.

Here are hints and answers for the NYT Strands puzzle for Dec. 1, No. 638.

Now, let's delve into solving the One may tackle a black diamond crossword clue, featured as 23 Across in the USA Today Crossword on November 30, 2025.