Word Salad Insects Level 17 Answers
Letter pool FTSPLEAUKOCWCIRH — 5 answers to find, right on the game average of 6.
Level 17 Letters
All 5 Answers for Level 17
Every word belongs to the Insects theme and uses only the letters above.
| # | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Cricket | 7 | |
| #2 | Flea | 4 | |
| #3 | Locust | 6 | |
| #4 | Roach | 5 | |
| #5 | Wasp | 4 |
How Level 17 Breaks Down
This board is level 17 of the Insects category in Word Salad. You are given the 16-tile pool FTSPLEAUKOCWCIRH and must find 5 answers, every one of them a insect-themed word. That is right on the game-wide average of 6 words per board, so this is a quicker board than most.
The longest answer is Cricket at 7 letters, and the shortest runs to just 4. Finding the long entry first is almost always the fastest route through a Word Salad board: it consumes the rare consonants, and what remains in the pool tends to spell the short answers out for you. If you are working the category in order, level 16 comes before this one and level 18 comes next.
The Insects category runs to 50 levels in total — the full index is on the Insects page. For a different theme, the category list covers all 23, and there is a separate daily puzzle archive with 919 dated boards.
Level 17 — Questions
What are the answers to Word Salad Insects level 17?
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How many words are in level 17?
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3 Tips for Insects Level 17
Play Cricket first
It is the longest answer on this board at 7 letters, and it eats the awkward tiles. Clearing it leaves 4 shorter answers to find from a much friendlier pool — on Word Salad boards the long entry is almost always the fastest way in.
Read the pool: 5 vowels, 11 consonants
The 16 tiles are FTSPLEAUKOCWCIRH — and the rare letters K, W narrow the field fast, because very few Insects answers use them. Every answer is drawn from this pool only, so count what you have before you swipe: the shortest answer here runs to just 4 letters.
You are 34% through Insects
This is level 17 of 50 in Insects, and difficulty climbs gradually across a category, so neighbouring boards share letter patterns. If this one is fighting you, level 16 is a useful warm-up. The daily puzzle uses the same mechanic on a fresh theme each day.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify this level
Every word on this page comes from the Insects level data itself, not from a guess or a copy of another site. The 5 answers are checked against the 16-tile pool FTSPLEAUKOCWCIRH so that no listed word can use a letter the board does not give you, and the list is re-checked whenever Bloop Games updates the game.
Reviewed by Priya Raghunathan, Word Games Editor at Puzzle Solved. Our full checking routine is written up in the methodology, and the standards we hold every page to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — September 5, 2026