CodyCross May 16, 2025 Daily Answers
Both daily grids for this date — 21 midsize and 10 small clues.
EnglishMidsize Crossword — 21 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Abbreviation for units that have 16 ounces in them | LBS | 3 | |
| #2 | Ancient language spoken by Jesus | ARAMAIC | 7 | |
| #3 | Birth nationality of Natalie Portman | ISRAELI | 7 | |
| #4 | Bob Dylan song title has this word repeated twice | LAY | 3 | |
| #5 | Flimsy fabric used as a window covering | VOILE | 5 | |
| #6 | Glands that produce a liquid in the mouth | SALIVARY | 8 | |
| #7 | Held onto something | GRASPED | 7 | |
| #8 | Power actor Loren | LELA | 4 | |
| #9 | Proofread, correct | EDIT | 4 | |
| #10 | Satyrs are usually depicted playing them | PANPIPES | 8 | |
| #11 | Short name for desktop computers | PCS | 3 | |
| #12 | Soccer club co-owned by Will Ferrell | LAFC | 4 | |
| #13 | Spoken-word US poet Scott-Heron | GIL | 3 | |
| #14 | The day after Fri | SAT | 3 | |
| #15 | Three letters that mean Republic of South Africa | RSA | 3 | |
| #16 | Three letters that mean player versus player | PVP | 3 | |
| #17 | Tightly ridge one's hair | CRIMP | 5 | |
| #18 | To compete with others to come out on top | VIE | 3 | |
| #19 | Tree with globular blossom clusters, aka silk tree | MIMOSA | 6 | |
| #20 | Word for cats, lions, tigers, cheetahs | FELINES | 7 | |
| #21 | __ Rabbit, folklore trickster figure | BRER | 4 |
Small Crossword — 10 Clues
| # | Clue | Answer | Letters | Copy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | 2D shape of most eggs | OVAL | 4 | |
| #2 | Deity | GOD | 3 | |
| #3 | Describes something from the largest continent | ASIAN | 5 | |
| #4 | First name of The King and I actor Brynner | YUL | 3 | |
| #5 | Fortitude in difficult circumstances | NERVE | 5 | |
| #6 | Isaac's son and Jacob's brother | ESAU | 4 | |
| #7 | Metal bars for cooking on | GRILL | 5 | |
| #8 | Not at all | NARY | 4 | |
| #9 | Political event to show campaign support | RALLY | 5 | |
| #10 | Refuse someone permission or entry | DENY | 4 |
May 16, 2025 — How the Grids Break Down
These are the CodyCross daily crosswords for May 16, 2025, a Friday. The game publishes two grids every day — a quick small puzzle and a longer midsize one — and this page carries both, 31 clues in total. The longest answer across the pair is SALIVARY 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 16
May 16, 2025 — Questions
What are the CodyCross daily answers for May 16, 2025?
What is the difference between the small and midsize grids?
Does the daily crossword reset?
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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