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The Word Craze Daily Theme for May 12, 2024 has 24 clues covering 114 letter tiles, with answers running from 3 to 9 letters. The shortest answers are YEW and SAG and ELF and NET and YAW and GEE and FEE and EAT at 3 letters each, while the longest are WHOLENOTE and FERTILIZE 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 4.8 letters long and 10 (42%) reuse at least one letter internally. E 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.
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May 12, 2024 · 24 clues
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wood used for archery bows | YEW3 letters |
| 2 | Sink due to gravity | SAG3 letters |
| 3 | Collection of concubines | HAREM5 letters |
| 4 | It gets four beats in 4/4 time | WHOLENOTE9 letters |
| 5 | Legal prohibition on trade | EMBARGO7 letters |
| 6 | Toyota named for a flower part | COROLLA7 letters |
| 7 | Enrich with plant nutrients | FERTILIZE9 letters |
| 8 | Test answer you have a 50/50 chance of guessing right | FALSE5 letters |
| 9 | Christmas figure on the shelf | ELF3 letters |
| 10 | What a basketball goes into | NET3 letters |
| 11 | Go way off course | YAW3 letters |
| 12 | Hemingway"s "For ___ the Bell Tolls" | WHOM4 letters |
| 13 | ___ code (phone number prefix) | AREA4 letters |
| 14 | Pollution in city skies | SMOG4 letters |
| 15 | '___ whillikers!' | GEE3 letters |
| 16 | Edmonton is the capital of which Canadian province? | ALBERTA7 letters |
| 17 | Signs up for classes | ENROLLS7 letters |
| 18 | That being the case ... | HENCE5 letters |
| 19 | Yellow sapphire | TOPAZ5 letters |
| 20 | Carl ---, German composer of the cantata Carmina Burana | ORFF4 letters |
| 21 | Like auto shop rags | OILY4 letters |
| 22 | Right to own property | LIEN4 letters |
| 23 | Cost for service | FEE3 letters |
| 24 | Consume by mouth? | EAT3 letters |
Letter patterns and solving metrics for each answer. See also the full clue table above.
Wood used for archery bows
Sink due to gravity
Collection of concubines
It gets four beats in 4/4 time
Legal prohibition on trade
Toyota named for a flower part
Enrich with plant nutrients
Test answer you have a 50/50 chance of guessing right
Christmas figure on the shelf
What a basketball goes into
Go way off course
Hemingway"s "For ___ the Bell Tolls"
___ code (phone number prefix)
Pollution in city skies
'___ whillikers!'
Edmonton is the capital of which Canadian province?
Signs up for classes
That being the case ...
Yellow sapphire
Carl ---, German composer of the cantata Carmina Burana
Like auto shop rags
Right to own property
Cost for service
Consume by mouth?
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