All 17 clues solved, with letter counts and a per-clue breakdown. Fresh every morning, verified against the live game.
The Word Craze Daily Theme for February 14, 2026 has 17 clues covering 94 letter tiles, with answers running from 3 to 8 letters. The shortest answers are SUE and ANT and AIR and AIL at 3 letters each, while the longest are REAPPEAR and ESCALATE 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 17 clues the average answer is 5.5 letters long and 8 (47%) reuse at least one letter internally. A and T each open 3 answers — the most common starting letters 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: February 13, 2026. If your app shows a different answer after a patch, ensure your app is up to date — corrections appear here after the next review.
February 14, 2026 · 17 clues
| # | Clue | Answer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Written message sent from one person to another | LETTER6 letters |
| 2 | Take to court | SUE3 letters |
| 3 | Telephone part | CRADLE6 letters |
| 4 | Position at the plate | STANCE6 letters |
| 5 | This, on the periodic table | HELIUM6 letters |
| 6 | Come back into view | REAPPEAR8 letters |
| 7 | Small insect that lives in large cooperative colonies | ANT3 letters |
| 8 | ___ five (celebratory gesture from a distance) | AIR3 letters |
| 9 | In a fair way | EVENLY6 letters |
| 10 | Increase quickly | ESCALATE8 letters |
| 11 | Rutabaga relative | TURNIP6 letters |
| 12 | Part of a service | TEACUP6 letters |
| 13 | Cloth for cleaning | WASHRAG7 letters |
| 14 | Tie the knot again | REMARRY7 letters |
| 15 | Put down | DEMEAN6 letters |
| 16 | Archie or Veronica, always | TEEN4 letters |
| 17 | Run a temperature, say | AIL3 letters |
Letter patterns and solving metrics for each answer. See also the full clue table above.
Written message sent from one person to another
Take to court
Telephone part
Position at the plate
This, on the periodic table
Come back into view
Small insect that lives in large cooperative colonies
___ five (celebratory gesture from a distance)
In a fair way
Increase quickly
Rutabaga relative
Part of a service
Cloth for cleaning
Tie the knot again
Put down
Archie or Veronica, always
Run a temperature, say
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.
The Word Craze Daily Theme is a daily picture-clue crossword released every morning by Betta Games. It is distinct from the Daily Mini and the Trivia Daily: the Theme is the full-size grid, solved and dated here every day. Every answer above is verified against the live game before it is published.
Return to the Word Craze section hub for level guides, pack answers, Endless Challenge ranges, and Hard Mode packs. This is an independent fan resource, not affiliated with Betta Games.
A daily nudge when the next Word Craze Daily Theme is solved and posted. No spam, unsubscribe any time.
Every answer on this page is read from the game's own puzzle data rather than retyped from another site, and is checked against what the board actually provides — so nothing listed can use a letter the level does not give you. The counts shown are computed from the stored data, not typed in by hand.
Reviewed by Priya Raghunathan, Word Games Editor at Puzzle Solved. The full checking routine is in the methodology, and the standards every page is held to are in the editorial policy.
Last checked — Sep 8, 2026