CodyCross February 18, 2023 Daily Answers
Both daily grids for this date — 21 midsize and 11 small clues.
EnglishMidsize Crossword — 21 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 1993 puzzle video game set on an island. | MYST | 4 | |
| #2 | Abbreviated nickname of the US Republican Party. | GOP | 3 | |
| #3 | Abbreviation for a US graduate admissions exam. | GMAT | 4 | |
| #4 | Art of public speaking in an elegant, formal way. | ORATORY | 7 | |
| #5 | Chunky cable-knit cream-colored jumper. | ARAN | 4 | |
| #6 | Declaring a combination of playing cards. | MELDING | 7 | |
| #7 | Gave over legal possession of. | ALIENED | 7 | |
| #8 | Harangue, diatribe. | TIRADE | 6 | |
| #9 | Health Reimbursement Arrangement. | HRA | 3 | |
| #10 | Keanu Reeves' part in The Matrix. | NEO | 3 | |
| #11 | Latin: "vanity", a still-life term from Dutch art. | VANITAS | 7 | |
| #12 | Measure of a nation's economic wealth. | GDP | 3 | |
| #13 | Moving around an axis. | ROTATING | 8 | |
| #14 | Name for a male sheep. | RAM | 3 | |
| #15 | Power actor Loren. | LELA | 4 | |
| #16 | Programming language used by WordPress. | PHP | 3 | |
| #17 | Scaly anteater whose sticky tongue picks up food. | PANGOLIN | 8 | |
| #18 | Sunbathe. | TAN | 3 | |
| #19 | The initialism for "point of view". | POV | 3 | |
| #20 | To boast, brag or relish one's own success. | GLOAT | 5 | |
| #21 | US Civil War general and later President. | GRANT | 5 |
Small Crossword — 11 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ash-storing container. | URN | 3 | |
| #2 | British thermal unit for short. | BTU | 3 | |
| #3 | COVID test that's not rapid and is more accurate. | PCR | 3 | |
| #4 | Continue one's subscription. | RENEW | 5 | |
| #5 | Currency code for the Trinidad and Tobago dollar. | TTD | 3 | |
| #6 | Disney dog and one-time ninth planet. | PLUTO | 5 | |
| #7 | Of shoelaces: not fastened, not knotted. | UNTIED | 6 | |
| #8 | Projectile fired from a gun or rifle. | BULLET | 6 | |
| #9 | Statement passed as truth but doubted by others. | CLAIM | 5 | |
| #10 | Three letters sent quickly to say on my way. | OMW | 3 | |
| #11 | Unauthorized school absentee. | TRUANT | 6 |
February 18, 2023 — How the Grids Break Down
These are the CodyCross daily crosswords for February 18, 2023, a Saturday. The game publishes two grids every day — a quick small puzzle and a longer midsize one — and this page carries both, 32 clues in total. The longest answer across the pair is ROTATING at 8 letters.
The daily crosswords sit entirely outside the world-and-group structure of the main game: finishing them does not advance your world progress, and they use their own clue pool. They also lean harder on general knowledge than the themed worlds do, so the letter count shown on each row is often the fastest way in — match the length first, then the meaning.
Neighbouring dates are linked below, and the full daily archive holds 2,014 dates. For the main game, the world index covers 108 worlds and 10,716 puzzles.
Dailies Around Feb 18
February 18, 2023 — Questions
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3 Tips for CodyCross
The board is the whole puzzle
Every answer is built from what the level actually shows you and nothing else. Counting that first rules out most of what comes to mind, which is quicker than trying words and being rejected.
Place the longest answer first
Long answers use up the awkward letters and leave a set that spells the short ones out for you. Starting long is consistently faster than sweeping for three-letter words.
Neighbouring levels are the best hint
Difficulty climbs gradually rather than in jumps, so the levels either side of a hard one reuse its patterns. They are more useful than any hint the game sells you.
How to Solve a CodyCross Level
The order that clears a board fastest.
Read what you are given
Letters, tiles or clues — count them before you start. That constraint is the strongest filter you have.
Anchor with the answers you are sure of
Each confirmed answer narrows the ones it touches, so the easy entries are worth the first minute.
Work outwards
Follow the chain from what you have placed rather than jumping around the board.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify these answers
Every answer on this page is read from the game's own puzzle data rather than retyped from another site, and is checked against what the board actually provides — so nothing listed can use a letter the level does not give you. The counts shown are computed from the stored data, not typed in by hand.
Reviewed by Priya Raghunathan, Word Games Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — Sep 7, 2026