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The Word Craze Daily Theme for August 13, 2023 has 28 clues covering 123 letter tiles, with answers running from 3 to 9 letters. The shortest answers are POI and YAS and HUM and UMP and SLY and BBC and IOU and SKA and YUM and HUG and BID at 3 letters each, while the longest are BOOTCAMPS and OPPOSITES 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 28 clues the average answer is 4.4 letters long and 9 (32%) reuse at least one letter internally. B each open 7 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.
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August 13, 2023 · 28 clues
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Informal term for a police officer | BOBBY5 letters |
| 2 | Floating marker in the water | BUOY4 letters |
| 3 | Turn quickly or deceive | SPIN4 letters |
| 4 | Large black birds known for their intelligence | CROWS5 letters |
| 5 | Traditional Hawaiian food made from taro root | POI3 letters |
| 6 | Surveillance operation by law enforcement | STAKEOUT8 letters |
| 7 | Shade of blue | CYANS5 letters |
| 8 | Informal slang for "yes" | YAS3 letters |
| 9 | Temperamental performer with a commanding stage presence | DIVA4 letters |
| 10 | Make a low, continuous sound like a bee | HUM3 letters |
| 11 | Leafy plant used for chewing, mostly in South Asia | BETEL5 letters |
| 12 | Baseball or softball official in charge of making calls | UMP3 letters |
| 13 | Perfect or most suitable in every way | IDEAL5 letters |
| 14 | Cunning or crafty, often in a secretive way | SLY3 letters |
| 15 | British broadcasting company known for its news and entertainment programs | BBC3 letters |
| 16 | Belonging to or associated with us | OURS4 letters |
| 17 | Intensive training programs designed to get you in shape quickly | BOOTCAMPS9 letters |
| 18 | Less-traveled or secondary roads often used for scenic drives | BYWAYS6 letters |
| 19 | Things that are as different as night and day | OPPOSITES9 letters |
| 20 | What your grandma does with yarn and needles | KNIT4 letters |
| 21 | A promise to pay someone back later | IOU3 letters |
| 22 | Upbeat music genre with lots of horns and guitars | SKA3 letters |
| 23 | When something comes to a stop or a close | ENDED5 letters |
| 24 | What you say when the food tastes really good | YUM3 letters |
| 25 | Meat from a young calf | VEAL4 letters |
| 26 | A friend or partner in a common cause | ALLY4 letters |
| 27 | A warm and affectionate embrace | HUG3 letters |
| 28 | The amount of money you offer in an auction | BID3 letters |
Letter patterns and solving metrics for each answer. See also the full clue table above.
Informal term for a police officer
Floating marker in the water
Turn quickly or deceive
Large black birds known for their intelligence
Traditional Hawaiian food made from taro root
Surveillance operation by law enforcement
Shade of blue
Informal slang for "yes"
Temperamental performer with a commanding stage presence
Make a low, continuous sound like a bee
Leafy plant used for chewing, mostly in South Asia
Baseball or softball official in charge of making calls
Perfect or most suitable in every way
Cunning or crafty, often in a secretive way
British broadcasting company known for its news and entertainment programs
Belonging to or associated with us
Intensive training programs designed to get you in shape quickly
Less-traveled or secondary roads often used for scenic drives
Things that are as different as night and day
What your grandma does with yarn and needles
A promise to pay someone back later
Upbeat music genre with lots of horns and guitars
When something comes to a stop or a close
What you say when the food tastes really good
Meat from a young calf
A friend or partner in a common cause
A warm and affectionate embrace
The amount of money you offer in an auction
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 4, 2026