CodyCross May 5, 2025 Daily Answers
Both daily grids for this date — 24 midsize and 12 small clues.
EnglishMidsize Crossword — 24 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 2018 romcom starring Zoey Deutch, Set __ | IT UP | 5 | |
| #2 | Band that didn't go chasing Waterfalls | TLC | 3 | |
| #3 | Covering something in earth | BURYING | 7 | |
| #4 | Deep space network for short | DSN | 3 | |
| #5 | Directed | ORIENTED | 8 | |
| #6 | Dorothy's friend was made of this metal | TIN | 3 | |
| #7 | Energy efficiency ratio, abbreviation | EER | 3 | |
| #8 | Female divinity in Greek mythology, in nature | NYMPH | 5 | |
| #9 | First half of Champagne brand et Chandon | MOET | 4 | |
| #10 | First name of man who invented the Rubik's Cube | ERNO | 4 | |
| #11 | Former spelling of Indian city Kolkata | CALCUTTA | 8 | |
| #12 | French word for thank you | MERCI | 5 | |
| #13 | Gig performed by a band | CONCERT | 7 | |
| #14 | Magical woodland creatures | FAE | 3 | |
| #15 | Money to get out of custody | BAIL | 4 | |
| #16 | Nuclear fission happens if you split one | ATOM | 4 | |
| #17 | Poetic word for frequently | OFT | 3 | |
| #18 | Popular Dutch violinist and conductor André | RIEU | 4 | |
| #19 | Short way to say obsessive compulsive disorder | OCD | 3 | |
| #20 | Tasteful and decent, proper | DECOROUS | 8 | |
| #21 | The hair attached to the eyelid | LASH | 4 | |
| #22 | There are 7 of them, including electrical | ENERGIES | 8 | |
| #23 | To promote, talk about or make a big deal of | TOUT | 4 | |
| #24 | Typed at end of an SMS to indicate no reply needed | NRN | 3 |
Small Crossword — 12 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 1995 cyber mystery film starring Sandra Bullock | THE NET | 7 | |
| #2 | A large box that holds a pirate's treasure | CHEST | 5 | |
| #3 | Awarded to winners of events at the Olympics | MEDALS | 6 | |
| #4 | Bank machine for getting cash out of the wall | ATM | 3 | |
| #5 | Common query in early internet chat rooms | ASL | 3 | |
| #6 | In music, it means to play slowly | LENTO | 5 | |
| #7 | Popular Puerto Rican boy band | MENUDO | 6 | |
| #8 | Popular dress material, French for "canvas" | TOILE | 5 | |
| #9 | Popular saying involving molluscs: Happy as __ | A CLAM | 6 | |
| #10 | The failure of the kidneys to produce urine | ANURIA | 6 | |
| #11 | What finally broke the camel's back | STRAW | 5 | |
| #12 | What most of us dry off with after a shower | TOWEL | 5 |
May 5, 2025 — How the Grids Break Down
These are the CodyCross daily crosswords for May 5, 2025, a Monday. The game publishes two grids every day — a quick small puzzle and a longer midsize one — and this page carries both, 36 clues in total. The longest answer across the pair is ORIENTED at 8 letters.
The daily crosswords sit entirely outside the world-and-group structure of the main game: finishing them does not advance your world progress, and they use their own clue pool. They also lean harder on general knowledge than the themed worlds do, so the letter count shown on each row is often the fastest way in — match the length first, then the meaning.
Neighbouring dates are linked below, and the full daily archive holds 2,008 dates. For the main game, the world index covers 108 worlds and 10,716 puzzles.
Dailies Around May 5
May 5, 2025 — Questions
What are the CodyCross daily answers for May 5, 2025?
What is the difference between the small and midsize grids?
Does the daily crossword reset?
Where can I find another date?
3 Tips for CodyCross
The board is the whole puzzle
Every answer is built from what the level actually shows you and nothing else. Counting that first rules out most of what comes to mind, which is quicker than trying words and being rejected.
Place the longest answer first
Long answers use up the awkward letters and leave a set that spells the short ones out for you. Starting long is consistently faster than sweeping for three-letter words.
Neighbouring levels are the best hint
Difficulty climbs gradually rather than in jumps, so the levels either side of a hard one reuse its patterns. They are more useful than any hint the game sells you.
How to Solve a CodyCross Level
The order that clears a board fastest.
Read what you are given
Letters, tiles or clues — count them before you start. That constraint is the strongest filter you have.
Anchor with the answers you are sure of
Each confirmed answer narrows the ones it touches, so the easy entries are worth the first minute.
Work outwards
Follow the chain from what you have placed rather than jumping around the board.
Verified Answers, Not Guesses
How we verify these answers
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 1, 2026