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The Word Craze Daily Theme for August 4, 2024 has 27 clues covering 120 letter tiles, with answers running from 3 to 9 letters. The shortest answers are RAG and BET and ART and INN and SAP and ALE and REM and TIS and YES at 3 letters each, while the longest is BRITTLEST 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 27 clues the average answer is 4.4 letters long and 7 (26%) 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: August 3, 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.
August 4, 2024 · 27 clues
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simba’s evil uncle in “The Lion King” | SCAR4 letters |
| 2 | Up to the task | ABLE4 letters |
| 3 | Passageway behind a block of buildings | ALLEY5 letters |
| 4 | Car wash cloth | RAG3 letters |
| 5 | Wordsworth work | POEM4 letters |
| 6 | Ticket | CITE4 letters |
| 7 | Last name of the US businessman who co-created Microsoft | GATES5 letters |
| 8 | Common Vegas move | BET3 letters |
| 9 | Gallery offering | ART3 letters |
| 10 | Driver's license word, maybe | HAZEL5 letters |
| 11 | American comedian and writer is famous for her performances on "Saturday Night Live" | TINAFEY7 letters |
| 12 | Hilton Garden ___ | INN3 letters |
| 13 | Software buyer | USER4 letters |
| 14 | Physically or verbally attacks | ASSAULTS8 letters |
| 15 | Nature's lifeblood | SAP3 letters |
| 16 | Dolly the sheep was this | CLONE5 letters |
| 17 | Ginger ___: a clear non-alcoholic drink flavored with ginger extract | ALE3 letters |
| 18 | Sleep segment | REM3 letters |
| 19 | Easily breaks when put under pressure | BRITTLEST9 letters |
| 20 | Past due | LATE4 letters |
| 21 | Spew out | EGEST5 letters |
| 22 | Paying attention to danger and making sure to avoid mistakes | CAREFUL7 letters |
| 23 | Mideast strip | GAZA4 letters |
| 24 | Makes something less dense or concentrated | THINS5 letters |
| 25 | "____ Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy | ANNA4 letters |
| 26 | They're between las and dos | TIS3 letters |
| 27 | Without question' | YES3 letters |
Letter patterns and solving metrics for each answer. See also the full clue table above.
Simba’s evil uncle in “The Lion King”
Up to the task
Passageway behind a block of buildings
Car wash cloth
Wordsworth work
Ticket
Last name of the US businessman who co-created Microsoft
Common Vegas move
Gallery offering
Driver's license word, maybe
American comedian and writer is famous for her performances on "Saturday Night Live"
Hilton Garden ___
Software buyer
Physically or verbally attacks
Nature's lifeblood
Dolly the sheep was this
Ginger ___: a clear non-alcoholic drink flavored with ginger extract
Sleep segment
Easily breaks when put under pressure
Past due
Spew out
Paying attention to danger and making sure to avoid mistakes
Mideast strip
Makes something less dense or concentrated
"____ Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy
They're between las and dos
Without question'
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