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The Word Craze Daily Theme for April 21, 2024 has 24 clues covering 126 letter tiles, with answers running from 3 to 9 letters. The shortest answers are CAR and LID and ROE and SPA and KEN and DOE and CUE and ALP and GUN at 3 letters each, while the longest are JUNGLEGYM and BAROUCHES and ARGENTINA and ALONGSIDE and DIRTYPOOL 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 24 clues the average answer is 5.3 letters long and 6 (25%) reuse at least one letter internally. A each open 6 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: April 20, 2024. If your app shows a different answer after a patch, ensure your app is up to date — corrections appear here after the next review.
April 21, 2024 · 24 clues
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The second largest city in the Arab world after Cairo | BAGHDAD7 letters |
| 2 | Vehicle that comes in automatic and manual | CAR3 letters |
| 3 | Top for a jelly jar | LID3 letters |
| 4 | The ship upon which Jason rode in Greek mythology | ARGO4 letters |
| 5 | "Downtown Abbey" countess | CORA4 letters |
| 6 | Orange sushi topping | ROE3 letters |
| 7 | Mommy's sis | AUNTY5 letters |
| 8 | Bars that kids go to to "monkey around" : 2 wds. | JUNGLEGYM9 letters |
| 9 | To earn a time out: 2 wds | ACTUP5 letters |
| 10 | Mani-pedi spot | SPA3 letters |
| 11 | Dimple spot | CHIN4 letters |
| 12 | Christian ____, French fashion house | DIOR4 letters |
| 13 | Barbie's on-again, off-again boyfriend | KEN3 letters |
| 14 | ___-eyed (innocent looking) | DOE3 letters |
| 15 | Typical backback for English students | SATCHEL7 letters |
| 16 | Large, open four-wheeled carriage fashionable in the 19th century | BAROUCHES9 letters |
| 17 | The second largest country in South America | ARGENTINA9 letters |
| 18 | Adjacent, next to | ALONGSIDE9 letters |
| 19 | Underhanded tactic, informally: 2 wds | DIRTYPOOL9 letters |
| 20 | Steal a ride | CARJACK7 letters |
| 21 | Bad dream when it's like out | DAYMARE7 letters |
| 22 | Word after "that's my" or "right on" | CUE3 letters |
| 23 | Italian or Swiss summit | ALP3 letters |
| 24 | The Naked __ is a three-movie series starring Leslie Nielsen | GUN3 letters |
Letter patterns and solving metrics for each answer. See also the full clue table above.
The second largest city in the Arab world after Cairo
Vehicle that comes in automatic and manual
Top for a jelly jar
The ship upon which Jason rode in Greek mythology
"Downtown Abbey" countess
Orange sushi topping
Mommy's sis
Bars that kids go to to "monkey around" : 2 wds.
To earn a time out: 2 wds
Mani-pedi spot
Dimple spot
Christian ____, French fashion house
Barbie's on-again, off-again boyfriend
___-eyed (innocent looking)
Typical backback for English students
Large, open four-wheeled carriage fashionable in the 19th century
The second largest country in South America
Adjacent, next to
Underhanded tactic, informally: 2 wds
Steal a ride
Bad dream when it's like out
Word after "that's my" or "right on"
Italian or Swiss summit
The Naked __ is a three-movie series starring Leslie Nielsen
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 6, 2026