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The Word Craze Daily Theme for February 19, 2022 has 9 clues covering 66 letter tiles, with answers running from 4 to 11 letters. The shortest answer is AREA at 4 letters, while the longest is CHARLEMAGNE at 11 letters. Jump straight to the full clue table if you need a specific answer, or browse the letter breakdown for the vowel and consonant split on every word.
Across today's 9 clues the average answer is 7.3 letters long and 5 (56%) reuse at least one letter internally. A each open 2 answers — the most common starting letter today. Start with the shortest clues — they unlock crossings for the longer ones. Compare with today's Trivia Daily and Daily Mini, or return to the Word Craze hub for level and pack guides.
Yesterday's answers: February 18, 2022. If your app shows a different answer after a patch, ensure your app is up to date — corrections appear here after the next review.
February 19, 2022 · 9 clues
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The golden statue presented at the Academy Awards is called this | OSCAR5 letters |
| 2 | Andy _____, artist who created the 'Campbell's Soup Cans' paintings | WARHOL6 letters |
| 3 | Knocking a baseball 'out of the park' is called this | HOMERUN7 letters |
| 4 | Oceans are filled with this type of high-salinity H2O | SALTWATER9 letters |
| 5 | This icy continent is home to penguins, killer whales, and more | ANTARCTICA10 letters |
| 6 | ____ 51, a military base near Las Vegas that supposedly contains aliens | AREA4 letters |
| 7 | Benjamin _____; an American polymath and founding father | FRANKLIN8 letters |
| 8 | The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between Sparta and this ancient empire | PERSIA6 letters |
| 9 | First emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; his name means Charles the Great | CHARLEMAGNE11 letters |
Letter patterns and solving metrics for each answer. See also the full clue table above.
The golden statue presented at the Academy Awards is called this
Andy _____, artist who created the 'Campbell's Soup Cans' paintings
Knocking a baseball 'out of the park' is called this
Oceans are filled with this type of high-salinity H2O
This icy continent is home to penguins, killer whales, and more
____ 51, a military base near Las Vegas that supposedly contains aliens
Benjamin _____; an American polymath and founding father
The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between Sparta and this ancient empire
First emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; his name means Charles the Great
Five steps that open the full crossword. More tips in the Word Craze hub.
Short answers have fewer crossing tiles, so solving them first seeds the longer answers for free. Scan the whole board and pick out every clue whose answer runs three or four letters - those are your quickest wins.
A clue that ends in "?" is hinting at a pun, double meaning, or lateral connection rather than a straight definition. Read it again as wordplay and the answer usually surfaces fast.
Each answer slot shows how many letters the answer has. Before typing, count the tiles and match them to your candidate word - one letter too long or short means wrong regardless of how good it looks.
Many Daily Theme answers are compound words. If the picture clue shows two distinct objects, name each one and fuse them. Splitting at the natural seam often bypasses the need to know the exact word upfront.
The picture clue and text clue together define the answer but are not redundant - each half adds information the other omits. Read the text, then examine the image for details the text left unnamed.
Five tactics that work on every dated Daily Theme — apply them today and carry them through the rest of the week.
Start with the longest answer on this board. Tap the longest word in the at-a-glance panel above and solve it first. Every crossing letter it places narrows the shorter answers that share a tile with it — on a typical Daily Theme board, one well-placed long answer can cascade three or four shorter entries to a single candidate.
Read the text clue and the image simultaneously. Each clue uses both a written description and a picture. The picture names the subject; the text tells you which property or aspect of that subject the answer covers. Reading only one of them loses half the information in the clue and roughly doubles the chance of guessing wrong.
Count the tile slots on every row before typing. The breakdown section above lists exact tile counts per answer. Cross-check any candidate against the slot length before committing — a five-letter guess in a six-letter slot is always wrong no matter how logical the word feels.
Treat a question-mark clue as a wordplay signal. Clues ending in "?" use a pun, double meaning, or lateral angle rather than a direct definition. Re-read them as playful hints, not factual descriptions. That reframe usually surfaces the answer within one or two re-reads.
Compare with the Trivia Daily and Daily Mini for today. Betta Games sometimes uses related vocabulary across all three daily formats on the same calendar date. If a clue here involves a topic that stumps you, checking today's Trivia Daily or Daily Mini often surfaces the same word in a context that makes the Daily Theme answer obvious.
The Word Craze Daily Theme is a daily picture-clue crossword released every morning by Betta Games. It is distinct from the Daily Mini and the Trivia Daily: the Theme is the full-size grid, solved and dated here every day. Every answer above is verified against the live game before it is published.
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Last checked — Sep 8, 2026