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The Word Craze Daily Theme for August 11, 2023 has 20 clues covering 104 letter tiles, with answers running from 3 to 8 letters. The shortest answers are EDO and APE and EON and IDO and PRY and HOE at 3 letters each, while the longest are COMPOSER and MATESHIP and COMPUTER and CLOSESET and EMERGING at 8 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 20 clues the average answer is 5.2 letters long and 8 (40%) reuse at least one letter internally. E each open 5 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 10, 2023. 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 11, 2023 · 20 clues
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hanging spike of frozen water from a roof or tree | ICICLE6 letters |
| 2 | Historical period in Japan prior to the Meiji era | EDO3 letters |
| 3 | Walk with a noticeable hitch in your step | LIMP4 letters |
| 4 | Music maker who creates symphonies and sonatas | COMPOSER8 letters |
| 5 | Delicious dessert filled with cream or fruit | PASTRY6 letters |
| 6 | Extract or separate with a liquid | ELUTE5 letters |
| 7 | Solidarity and loyalty among friends | MATESHIP8 letters |
| 8 | Primate known for imitating human behavior | APE3 letters |
| 9 | An extremely long period of time | EON3 letters |
| 10 | Mentee who receives guidance and support from a mentor | PROTEGE7 letters |
| 11 | Response when asked if you want to get married | IDO3 letters |
| 12 | Device that processes and stores information | COMPUTER8 letters |
| 13 | What your mom always says about her favorite sweater | CLOSESET8 letters |
| 14 | A series of chores you dread doing on the weekend | LIST4 letters |
| 15 | The process of a butterfly coming out of its cocoon | EMERGING8 letters |
| 16 | An itchy skin condition that drives you crazy | ECZEMA6 letters |
| 17 | What nosy neighbors like to do when they want to know your business | PRY3 letters |
| 18 | A fancy spread made from finely chopped meat or fish | PATE4 letters |
| 19 | The sound a puppy makes when it's happily chasing its tail | LAPP4 letters |
| 20 | A tool you use to dig up the garden and get rid of weeds | HOE3 letters |
Letter patterns and solving metrics for each answer. See also the full clue table above.
Hanging spike of frozen water from a roof or tree
Historical period in Japan prior to the Meiji era
Walk with a noticeable hitch in your step
Music maker who creates symphonies and sonatas
Delicious dessert filled with cream or fruit
Extract or separate with a liquid
Solidarity and loyalty among friends
Primate known for imitating human behavior
An extremely long period of time
Mentee who receives guidance and support from a mentor
Response when asked if you want to get married
Device that processes and stores information
What your mom always says about her favorite sweater
A series of chores you dread doing on the weekend
The process of a butterfly coming out of its cocoon
An itchy skin condition that drives you crazy
What nosy neighbors like to do when they want to know your business
A fancy spread made from finely chopped meat or fish
The sound a puppy makes when it's happily chasing its tail
A tool you use to dig up the garden and get rid of weeds
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