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The Word Craze Daily Theme for December 11, 2022 has 26 clues covering 120 letter tiles, with answers running from 3 to 9 letters. The shortest answers are GOA and OPT and LET and LAC and ZAG and ITS and IDS and PAD and PSI and LID and ONE at 3 letters each, while the longest are APPALOOSA and FASCINATE at 9 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 26 clues the average answer is 4.6 letters long and 9 (35%) reuse at least one letter internally. A each open 4 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: December 10, 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.
December 11, 2022 · 26 clues
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Could you __ _ little faster?" | GOA3 letters |
| 2 | Paste or pin on | AFFIX5 letters |
| 3 | Make a definitive choice | OPT3 letters |
| 4 | "Don't ___ the cat out of the bag" | LET3 letters |
| 5 | Time to be wary | IDES4 letters |
| 6 | Wiped the dishes | DRIEDUP7 letters |
| 7 | Milk; ___ pressum, cheese | LAC3 letters |
| 8 | Sales rep's pitch | SPIEL5 letters |
| 9 | Zig-___ (sewing machine setting) | ZAG3 letters |
| 10 | Spotted breed of horse | APPALOOSA9 letters |
| 11 | Capture the interest, enthral | FASCINATE9 letters |
| 12 | Light-emitting _____ (what LED stands for) | DIODE5 letters |
| 13 | Thin precious metal used in bookbinding etc | GOLDLEAF8 letters |
| 14 | Word with grand or soap | OPERA5 letters |
| 15 | Roof's room | ATTIC5 letters |
| 16 | Annoyed, frustrated | FEDUP5 letters |
| 17 | "___ now or never" | ITS3 letters |
| 18 | Visa and passport, for short | IDS3 letters |
| 19 | External parasites | EPIZOA6 letters |
| 20 | Nasty buildup in a fish tank | ALGAE5 letters |
| 21 | Directions opposite Wests | EASTS5 letters |
| 22 | ____ Bell (fast food chain with Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes) | TACO4 letters |
| 23 | Lily ___ (floating leaf) | PAD3 letters |
| 24 | Air pressure measurement (abbr.) | PSI3 letters |
| 25 | Cover for the pot | LID3 letters |
| 26 | Go back to square ___ | ONE3 letters |
Letter patterns and solving metrics for each answer. See also the full clue table above.
"Could you __ _ little faster?"
Paste or pin on
Make a definitive choice
"Don't ___ the cat out of the bag"
Time to be wary
Wiped the dishes
Milk; ___ pressum, cheese
Sales rep's pitch
Zig-___ (sewing machine setting)
Spotted breed of horse
Capture the interest, enthral
Light-emitting _____ (what LED stands for)
Thin precious metal used in bookbinding etc
Word with grand or soap
Roof's room
Annoyed, frustrated
"___ now or never"
Visa and passport, for short
External parasites
Nasty buildup in a fish tank
Directions opposite Wests
____ Bell (fast food chain with Cheesy Fiesta Potatoes)
Lily ___ (floating leaf)
Air pressure measurement (abbr.)
Cover for the pot
Go back to square ___
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.
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Last checked — Sep 8, 2026