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The Word Craze Daily Theme for May 19, 2023 has 20 clues covering 104 letter tiles, with answers running from 3 to 8 letters. The shortest answers are TIP and TEL and EAR and HIC and TOE and LAH at 3 letters each, while the longest are SCENARIO and REBELLED and OPERABLE and PLATELET and ASITWERE at 8 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 20 clues the average answer is 5.2 letters long and 9 (45%) reuse at least one letter internally. T 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: May 18, 2023. If your app shows a different answer after a patch, ensure your app is up to date — corrections appear here after the next review.
May 19, 2023 · 20 clues
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Excited commotion or exaggerated publicity | HOOPLA6 letters |
| 2 | Gratuity given in recognition of helpful or satisfactory service | TIP3 letters |
| 3 | A series of names or items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping | LIST4 letters |
| 4 | Sequence of events in a play, movie, or other dramatic work | SCENARIO8 letters |
| 5 | Turn or cause to turn around an axis or center point | ROTATE6 letters |
| 6 | Feeling or showing anger or annoyance | IRATE5 letters |
| 7 | Took part in an uprising against authority | REBELLED8 letters |
| 8 | Short for a telecommunications company | TEL3 letters |
| 9 | The part of the body that receives sound waves and transmits them to the brain | EAR3 letters |
| 10 | Lightweight, flat structure that covers and helps a bird to fly | FEATHER7 letters |
| 11 | A sound made as a result of a sharp intake of breath | HIC3 letters |
| 12 | Capable of being operated or used | OPERABLE8 letters |
| 13 | Small blood component that helps clotting | PLATELET8 letters |
| 14 | Former Italian currency | LIRA4 letters |
| 15 | To use an expression indicating that one could say something in a certain way | ASITWERE8 letters |
| 16 | Casual top often made of cotton | TSHIRT6 letters |
| 17 | Body part that may be stubbed | TOE3 letters |
| 18 | Musical symbol that represents a pitch and duration | NOTE4 letters |
| 19 | Coral formation near the ocean's surface | REEF4 letters |
| 20 | Musical note that's also a city in Pakistan | LAH3 letters |
Letter patterns and solving metrics for each answer. See also the full clue table above.
Excited commotion or exaggerated publicity
Gratuity given in recognition of helpful or satisfactory service
A series of names or items written or printed together in a meaningful grouping
Sequence of events in a play, movie, or other dramatic work
Turn or cause to turn around an axis or center point
Feeling or showing anger or annoyance
Took part in an uprising against authority
Short for a telecommunications company
The part of the body that receives sound waves and transmits them to the brain
Lightweight, flat structure that covers and helps a bird to fly
A sound made as a result of a sharp intake of breath
Capable of being operated or used
Small blood component that helps clotting
Former Italian currency
To use an expression indicating that one could say something in a certain way
Casual top often made of cotton
Body part that may be stubbed
Musical symbol that represents a pitch and duration
Coral formation near the ocean's surface
Musical note that's also a city in Pakistan
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