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The Word Craze Daily Theme for April 22, 2021 has 9 clues covering 58 letter tiles, with answers running from 4 to 10 letters. The shortest answer is DALI at 4 letters, while the longest is SANDCASTLE at 10 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 9 clues the average answer is 6.4 letters long and 6 (67%) reuse at least one letter internally. P each open 2 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 21, 2021. 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 22, 2021 · 9 clues
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Entertainer who is skilled in producing illusions by sleight of hand and deceptive devices | MAGICIAN8 letters |
| 2 | Salvador ____ is a famous Surrealist artist; "The Persistence of Memory" | DALI4 letters |
| 3 | Toronto _______, the only Canadian team to become NBA champions | RAPTORS7 letters |
| 4 | A hole ______ is used to cut circles out of paper | PUNCHER7 letters |
| 5 | A popular fortification to build on the beach | SANDCASTLE10 letters |
| 6 | Famous Spanish dish of seafood and rice | PAELLA6 letters |
| 7 | Marlon ______ portrayed Vito Corleone in "The Godfather" | BRANDO6 letters |
| 8 | Late-night talk show host ____ O' Brian is a Harvard graduate | CONAN5 letters |
| 9 | The name of a book or other artistic work | TITLE5 letters |
Letter patterns and solving metrics for each answer. See also the full clue table above.
Entertainer who is skilled in producing illusions by sleight of hand and deceptive devices
Salvador ____ is a famous Surrealist artist; "The Persistence of Memory"
Toronto _______, the only Canadian team to become NBA champions
A hole ______ is used to cut circles out of paper
A popular fortification to build on the beach
Famous Spanish dish of seafood and rice
Marlon ______ portrayed Vito Corleone in "The Godfather"
Late-night talk show host ____ O' Brian is a Harvard graduate
The name of a book or other artistic work
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