All 34 clues and answers for Word Craze Level 497. Every clue and solution from the Canada pack (levels 485-524), with letter counts and a word-by-word breakdown.
Word Craze Level 497 answers are listed in full below. This level sits in the Canada pack (levels 485-524) and packs 34 picture-and-trivia clues onto a single board. Every answer below is drawn from the game’s own level data and laid out clue by clue, so you can scan straight to the one you need. Solutions run from 5 letters at the short end up to 11 letters at the long end, with MAKESTHECUT, VEIGHTTBIRD and VASCODAGAMA tied as the longest at 11 letters. Because Word Craze mixes photo puzzles, fill-in-the-blank song lyrics, and straight trivia, a single board can swing from easy to tough in a few taps, which is why having the full solved list in front of you protects your streak.
The quickest route through Level 497 is to lock in the longest words first: every long answer you place drops shared letters into the shorter crossing entries, which then almost fill themselves. Use the All Clues and Answers table to jump straight to the clue that has you stuck, tap Copy to grab the word without a typo, then open the Word-by-Word Breakdown when you want the exact letter pattern behind a solution.
Cleared the board? Level 498 continues the Canada run, or open the full Canada pack to browse every level in the set. New to Word Craze? The Tips guide walks through the tactics that clear boards fastest.
| Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobel Prize winner Oscar Arias Sánchez is this nationality | COSTARICAN | 10 | |
| Large-scale disaster | CATACLYSM | 9 | |
| Institution that gets one ready for college | PREPSCHOOL | 10 | |
| To get things under control | STABILIZE | 9 | |
| Qualifies to compete in a tournament | MAKESTHECUT | 11 | |
| Lent support to | AIDED | 5 | |
| Period where you are not scheduled to work | OFFDAY | 6 | |
| To give formal approval or consent to | RATIFY | 6 | |
| Arm of a tree | BRANCH | 6 | |
| Where you get your hair and nails done | SALONS | 6 | |
| Pie sometimes topped with pineapple | PIZZA | 5 | |
| To make something weaker or worse | IMPAIR | 6 | |
| Moving side to side | SWAYING | 7 | |
| Like a pet that won't let you leave | NEEDY | 5 | |
| What is this playful act? | TEASING | 7 | |
| Did as instructed | OBEYED | 6 | |
| To entwine fingers and palms as a form of affection | HOLDHANDS | 9 | |
| Sporty, powerful auto | VEIGHTTBIRD | 11 | |
| First explorer to sail directly from Europe to India | VASCODAGAMA | 11 | |
| Fully committed to something | DEDICATED | 9 | |
| Study concerned with the meaning of words | SEMANTICS | 9 | |
| Online shopping button | ADDTOCART | 9 | |
| An organized scout for a person who is wanted by the law | MANHUNT | 7 | |
| Extent | DURATION | 8 | |
| Warm response from a crowd | OVATION | 7 | |
| Person who commits traffic violations | SMUGGLER | 8 | |
| To reason top-down | DEDUCE | 6 | |
| Showy and sudden | DRAMATIC | 8 | |
| Certain additions to a relationship between friends | BENEFITS | 8 | |
| Physical well-being of a person | HEALTH | 6 | |
| Economic slump | DOWNTURN | 8 | |
| A hindquarter steak cut | SIRLOIN | 7 | |
| Doing this will get you water from a well | PUMPING | 7 | |
| Eliciting awe | IMPOSING | 8 |
COSTARICAN has 10 letters — 4 vowels and 6 consonants.
CATACLYSM has 9 letters — 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
PREPSCHOOL has 10 letters — 3 vowels and 7 consonants. Includes a double O.
STABILIZE has 9 letters — 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
MAKESTHECUT has 11 letters — 4 vowels and 7 consonants.
AIDED has 5 letters — 3 vowels and 2 consonants. It is one of the shortest answers here, so leave it until crossing letters narrow it down.
OFFDAY has 6 letters — 2 vowels and 4 consonants. Includes a double F.
RATIFY has 6 letters — 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
BRANCH has 6 letters — 1 vowel and 5 consonants.
SALONS has 6 letters — 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
PIZZA has 5 letters — 2 vowels and 3 consonants. Includes a double Z. It is one of the shortest answers here, so leave it until crossing letters narrow it down.
IMPAIR has 6 letters — 3 vowels and 3 consonants.
SWAYING has 7 letters — 2 vowels and 5 consonants.
NEEDY has 5 letters — 2 vowels and 3 consonants. Includes a double E. It is one of the shortest answers here, so leave it until crossing letters narrow it down.
TEASING has 7 letters — 3 vowels and 4 consonants.
OBEYED has 6 letters — 3 vowels and 3 consonants.
HOLDHANDS has 9 letters — 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
VEIGHTTBIRD has 11 letters — 3 vowels and 8 consonants. Includes a double T.
VASCODAGAMA has 11 letters — 5 vowels and 6 consonants.
DEDICATED has 9 letters — 4 vowels and 5 consonants.
SEMANTICS has 9 letters — 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
ADDTOCART has 9 letters — 3 vowels and 6 consonants. Includes a double D.
MANHUNT has 7 letters — 2 vowels and 5 consonants.
DURATION has 8 letters — 4 vowels and 4 consonants.
OVATION has 7 letters — 4 vowels and 3 consonants.
SMUGGLER has 8 letters — 2 vowels and 6 consonants. Includes a double G.
DEDUCE has 6 letters — 3 vowels and 3 consonants.
DRAMATIC has 8 letters — 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
BENEFITS has 8 letters — 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
HEALTH has 6 letters — 2 vowels and 4 consonants.
DOWNTURN has 8 letters — 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
SIRLOIN has 7 letters — 3 vowels and 4 consonants.
PUMPING has 7 letters — 2 vowels and 5 consonants.
IMPOSING has 8 letters — 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Level 497 is part of the Canada pack (levels 485-524). Start with the longest answers (MAKESTHECUT, VEIGHTTBIRD and VASCODAGAMA, all 11 letters) to maximize crossing letters. then let those shared tiles fill the shorter words. Browse the full Canada pack or visit Tips for more strategies.
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These five habits work on every level in Ann's Journey and the Endless Challenge — apply them here and carry them through every board that follows.
Start with the longest answer and build outward. The longest word on any board crosses more entries than any other. Placing it first drops the maximum number of letters into shorter answers, often reducing two or three other clues to a single valid candidate before you even read them. The breakdown table on this page shows each answer's tile count.
Read the text clue and the image together, not in sequence. Each Word Craze clue pairs a written description with a picture. The text specifies the property the answer covers; the image names the subject. Reading both simultaneously is faster than going back to the image after the text fails to trigger an answer.
Count the blank tiles before typing anything. A four-letter guess in a five-letter slot is always wrong regardless of how logical it seems. Count the row before committing — it takes two seconds and eliminates the most common single-board mistake.
Use the Copy button on any answer you are pasting. Mistyping a correct answer because of a capitalisation issue or a stray space is frustrating and unnecessary. The Copy buttons in the answer table above grab the exact verified string — paste and move on.
Navigate to nearby levels from the level pills below. If you cleared this level and want to continue, use the nearby level pills rather than going back to the Level Browser. They link directly to the previous and next levels in the same pack, keeping you in the flow without losing your place.
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.
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Last checked — Sep 4, 2026