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The Word Craze Daily Theme for August 5, 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: August 4, 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.
August 5, 2023 · 20 clues
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Excitement or exaggerated fuss. | HOOPLA6 letters |
| 2 | Gratuity given for good service. | TIP3 letters |
| 3 | A collection of things written down to remember or keep track of | LIST4 letters |
| 4 | A possible situation or sequence of events | SCENARIO8 letters |
| 5 | To turn or spin around a center point | ROTATE6 letters |
| 6 | Really angry and upset | IRATE5 letters |
| 7 | Refused to obey or follow rules or authority | REBELLED8 letters |
| 8 | Short for telephone | TEL3 letters |
| 9 | Body part used for hearing | EAR3 letters |
| 10 | Soft, lightweight structure that covers the body of a bird | FEATHER7 letters |
| 11 | The sound made when you have hiccups | HIC3 letters |
| 12 | In working condition, able to be used or operated | OPERABLE8 letters |
| 13 | Mini blood component crucial for clotting | PLATELET8 letters |
| 14 | Italian currency that shares its name with a musical instrument | LIRA4 letters |
| 15 | Phrase used to suggest something without fully committing | ASITWERE8 letters |
| 16 | Casual garment often worn with jeans | TSHIRT6 letters |
| 17 | Appendage found at the end of the foot | TOE3 letters |
| 18 | Written reminder or musical tone | NOTE4 letters |
| 19 | Underwater structure that poses a danger to ships | REEF4 letters |
| 20 | Musical sound often sung before a high note | LAH3 letters |
Letter patterns and solving metrics for each answer. See also the full clue table above.
Excitement or exaggerated fuss.
Gratuity given for good service.
A collection of things written down to remember or keep track of
A possible situation or sequence of events
To turn or spin around a center point
Really angry and upset
Refused to obey or follow rules or authority
Short for telephone
Body part used for hearing
Soft, lightweight structure that covers the body of a bird
The sound made when you have hiccups
In working condition, able to be used or operated
Mini blood component crucial for clotting
Italian currency that shares its name with a musical instrument
Phrase used to suggest something without fully committing
Casual garment often worn with jeans
Appendage found at the end of the foot
Written reminder or musical tone
Underwater structure that poses a danger to ships
Musical sound often sung before a high note
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