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The Word Craze Daily Theme for January 7, 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: January 6, 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.
January 7, 2024 · 27 clues
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Visible reminder of a battle | SCAR4 letters |
| 2 | Capable of accomplishing tasks | ABLE4 letters |
| 3 | Narrow street between buildings | ALLEY5 letters |
| 4 | Tattered piece of cloth | RAG3 letters |
| 5 | Rhyming literary work | POEM4 letters |
| 6 | Mention as a reference | CITE4 letters |
| 7 | Entrances to enclosed areas | GATES5 letters |
| 8 | Wager on an outcome | BET3 letters |
| 9 | Expression of creativity | ART3 letters |
| 10 | Eye color also found in nuts | HAZEL5 letters |
| 11 | Dance the night away with a tinny partner | TINAFEY7 letters |
| 12 | Home away from home for night-travelers | INN3 letters |
| 13 | One who taps into the virtual world | USER4 letters |
| 14 | Attacks that come in waves | ASSAULTS8 letters |
| 15 | Energy drainer that flows within trees | SAP3 letters |
| 16 | Xerox but for humans | CLONE5 letters |
| 17 | Beer's zesty cousin | ALE3 letters |
| 18 | Sleep stage that fuels dreams | REM3 letters |
| 19 | Most likely to shatter under pressure | BRITTLEST9 letters |
| 20 | Behind schedule, fashionably so | LATE4 letters |
| 21 | Exit through the back door, perhaps | EGEST5 letters |
| 22 | Handle carefully, like a fragile vase | CAREFUL7 letters |
| 23 | Strip of land filled with conflict | GAZA4 letters |
| 24 | Makes the waistline smaller, in a way | THINS5 letters |
| 25 | The girl I met yesterday | ANNA4 letters |
| 26 | 'Twas the night before Christmas, for example | TIS3 letters |
| 27 | A positive response | YES3 letters |
Letter patterns and solving metrics for each answer. See also the full clue table above.
Visible reminder of a battle
Capable of accomplishing tasks
Narrow street between buildings
Tattered piece of cloth
Rhyming literary work
Mention as a reference
Entrances to enclosed areas
Wager on an outcome
Expression of creativity
Eye color also found in nuts
Dance the night away with a tinny partner
Home away from home for night-travelers
One who taps into the virtual world
Attacks that come in waves
Energy drainer that flows within trees
Xerox but for humans
Beer's zesty cousin
Sleep stage that fuels dreams
Most likely to shatter under pressure
Behind schedule, fashionably so
Exit through the back door, perhaps
Handle carefully, like a fragile vase
Strip of land filled with conflict
Makes the waistline smaller, in a way
The girl I met yesterday
'Twas the night before Christmas, for example
A positive response
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